![]() ![]() According to Davesh Soneji, a critical examination of evidence suggests that courtesan dancing is a phenomenon of the modern era, beginning in the late 16th or the 17th century of the of Tamil Nadu. Historic sculpture and texts do describe and project dancing girls, as well as temple quarters dedicated to women, but they do not state them to be courtesans and prostitutes as alleged by early colonial Indologists. Modern scholarship has questioned this theory for lack of any direct textual or archeological evidence. Devadasis, anti-dance movement, colonial ban and the decline Some colonial Indologists and modern authors have stated Bharatanatyam is a descendant of an ancient Devadasi (literally, servant girls of Deva temples) culture, suggesting historical origins to 300 BCE to 300 CE. ![]() The arms of Shiva express (symbolic hand gestures), that are found in Bharatanatyam. The image, 5 feet (1.5 m) tall, has 18 arms in a form that expresses the dance positions arranged in a geometric pattern. ![]()
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