Kaapi Thillana | Bharatanatyam Dance

This nritta piece has been choreographed using adavus and karanas. The dance concert setup in the charanam intends to depict music that is sukhadaayakam (gives happiness), anubhootidham (experiential) and confers mana-shaantidham (peace of mind). Performed by Niranjana Rajagopalan and Akruti Desai. Social media links: Akruti Desai To learn classical music with a popular twist, sign up at To feature in an IndianRaga production, apply to be an IndianRaga Fellow at IndianRaga brings together the best musicians and dancers across 60 international cities to collaborate on high quality music videos viewed by millions of people globally. The genres we work with are rooted in Indian classical performing arts and include Carnatic music (South Indian classical music), Hindustani music (North Indian classical music), semi-classical music, contemporary and fusion music, Indian classi