The Arangetram

Arangetram is a Tamil word. It literally means ‘Aranga’—is stage and etram means ascending. It is also called as’ Rangaprevesha’ in’ kannada’ .Where Ranga means stage and’ prevesha’ means enter. It marks the completion of the initial training of the student and her blossoming into a dancer.

                  Arangetram is test for the sishya [student] as well as the guru [teacher] as the guru’s knowledge and the sishyas talent is judged by the public.

                              It is an age old convention of more than 2,000 years as recorded in Silappathikaram an ancient Tamil classic that an Arangetram should be held only after a minimum of 9 to 10 years of rigorous training

               On this auspicious occasion the artist presents her art with great devotion at the  feet  of her guru and  the Divine Dancer,”Lord Natraja” seeking His blessing. Her career, as a dancer thus, begins with her Arangetram.