The performance beautifully brought the community together in a spirited celebration of India’s cultural diversity. Lezim, the traditional folk dance of Maharashtra, holds a rich historical ...

Justifying the ban on dance performances in beer bars, hotels and restaurants in Maharashtra, the state government has told the Supreme Court that performers indulged in obscene and vulgar ...

In 2005, there were nearly 1,400 dance bars in the state, which employed more than 100,000 women known as "bar girls" or "dancing girls". Image caption, Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra, alone had ...

On the occasion of India's 76th Republic Day, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India ... performances was the Adivasi Holi dance from Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district, featuring 50 ...

A festival, complete with traditional performances, aims to showcase the state’s rich cultural legacy in the arts amidst a traditional set-up Maharashtra ... and cultural dance forms performed ...

who promoted the Marathi language and culture during his reign. At a programme the Gateway of India, organised by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Smarak Samiti, Maharashtra assembly speaker ...

The Lavani doyen, Shakuntalabai Nagarkar (picture), then brought the roof down with a 'Sangeet Bari' dance, relying on abhinaya and impromptu conversations with the audience, which got transformed ...

The town of Jamkhed in the Indian state of Maharashtra is known for its Lavani ... bells around the ankles - called the ghunghroo - and dance before a live audience. But the folk dance has ...

Justifying ban on dance performances at beer bars, hotels and restaurants in Maharashtra, the state government has told the Supreme Court that performers indulged in obscene and vulgar behavior ...