The graceful movements of Manipuri dance left the audience at Kala Ghoda Art Festival spellbound The distant state of Manipur is perhaps best known to Indians for its extremely graceful, delicate and ...

Manipur Governor. Imphal, July 4 (IANS) Reiterating the Centre's commitment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of ...

NOWHERE in India do people practice the arts of dance, drama, music, and their combined form, opera, so widely as in the princely state of Manipur. Perhaps, too, no other area of India has been quite ...

Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday, December 14 inaugurated a two-day National Seminar dedicated to legendary theatre maestro Ratan Thiyam at the auditorium of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur ...

Award-winning dancer Sanjib Bhattacharya is presenting a Manipuri dance recital in a show titled Samarpan. He will perform two dance forms including devotional and recreational movements of the ...

Moving away from the world of Bharatnatyam to watch a Manipuri dance performance felt like a breath of fresh air. Sinam Singh Basu, a Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar awardee, and his wife Monica ...

Bangladeshi Manipuri dancer and researcher Sweety Das presented her research on the Manipuri community of Bangladesh at the ...

According to Manipur dance history, the gracefully choreographed dance form of Raas Leela typically associated with Manipuri performance art was first introduced decades ago, sometime in 1779 by ...

As the full moon of Agrahayan rises, the Manipuri community in greater Sylhet prepares to celebrate its most cherished festival -- Maharas Leela, or Ras Utsab. What began centuries ago as a spiritual ...

The 12th edition of the Manipur Sangai Festival came to a close on Sunday, with governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla expressing gratitude to everyone who contributed to its success this year. Addressing the ...