
thumb|Dancer performing a tarangam thumb|A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra).
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thumb|Dancer performing a tarangam thumb|A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra).
Kuchipudi ( ) is one of the eight major Indian classical dance forms. It originated in Kuchipudi, a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra (). It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.
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