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Dance was really the art of the temple and that her temple theater was built with that purpose in mind. It has many features of the temple , and we have adopted as much as possible all the ideals enshrined in Natyashastra.

— Rukmini Devi Arundale

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We want to dance, we love the Indian dance because it gives joy, but we must remember that there should be integrity and reverence.

To recreate the temple atmosphere on the urban stage, and thus to facilitate a new kind of seeing that would enable the spiritual revival of the dance.

We dance with our bodies, but we finally forget them and transform them.

All the songs we dance to are of Gods and Goddesses. You may ask, why so many Gods and Goddesses? The only reply I can give is, Why not so many Gods and Goddess ?

Many people have said many things. I can only say I did not consciously go after dance. It found me."

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