108 - Mathematical significance. An attendant of Lord Shiva, Tandu teaches and instructs Bharta muni about 108 Karanas and angharas. Later, Bharta muni passed the knowledge of Karanas to his successors. Karnas are intricate and complicated dance movements of lord Shiva the creator of the cosmic dance. I always wondered why the number 108 is significant in the Hindu tradition and why the numbers of Karanas are restricted only to the number 108. One can observe 108 Karanas on the wall of temples in south India. Few temples have all of 108 and some have less than 108. The sculptural illustrations are evident in the four temples of south India. The Rajarajeshwara temple in Tanjore, Nataraja temple in Chidambaram, Arunachaleshwara temple in Triuvanallmalai, and Vriddagirishwara temple in Vriddachalam The numbers of sculptural illustrations vary in each temple, few temples represent Karanas by the carvings of male dancers and few by female dancers. The following is the list of a number of

Have you ever wondered what the most outstanding work of art in the world is? Is it Monalisa, The Taj mahal? Or the human body?" Human body is the most significant work of art". What would have happened? If a human had three ears, one hair, multiple legs, and one ear. I am sure it sounds like an alien straight out of a Hollywood movie. But thanks to the creator of the humans, someone had patience in designing the human body with sheer dedication and proportion. Science says the balance of the human body is due to the two ears present in the human body. Fun fact, humans are the only living animals who can change the morphology of their bodies. That's why dancing is the knowledge humans have mastered over the centuries. Aramandi is the basic posture of Bharata Natyam dancer. It's the most used posture in Bharata Natyam, in which the dancer compresses their height to 3/4th of the original height. The word Ara means half, and mandi means knee. The compression of height is

  The children between the age of five and seven are true word-lovers. They show a predisposition toward such a study. Their minds are undeveloped hence cannot yet grasp any simple idea with disagreement. At the age of eight, I was made to learn Sanskrit and Vedic mathematics with the highest quality of learning and a logical approach to the solutions. The concept of Gurukulam or alternate school where the parents submit their kids to the institute to make them the most excellent scholar in Philosophy is the age-old practice. I was fortunate I had to go through that at the early stages of my life, which doctrine the discipline of reading, analysing, and debating over the philosophical concepts that are strenuous and are far beyond the understanding level of any other kid in the schools of Modern education system. One should visit these schools at least once in their lifetime to understand the actual meaning of education and teacher. It's not a marvel that you might get to see a kid

"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe" this statement by Galileo Galilee has inspired me to forage equations and expressions in the field of Mathematics. His tale of the search for information is filled with a quest to achieve what he dreamt of, stimulated every day, and motivated me to read and learn more about him during the early days of my childhood. I did fillip my students with his stories and success whenever necessary during the classes, and I realized students had fun learning about him, his invention, and his struggle. Many students even had tears at the corner of their eyes when we were left with only one question at the end of how passionate he was to go against the world to defend science to the antiquated society resulting in his own ruin was? I wished every day and prayed to God to fill me with that amount of passion for dance. Jathi is a predominant part of Bharata Natyam dance items like Varnam, Padam, etc. Jathi is a combination

Ever wondered why the dancer jumps at many instances during the dance recital? Leaps and jumps are the essential steps of Bharta Natyam dance items. The jumps or leaps remain choreographed, not just for visual beauty. Its existence is mainly for space management. Traditionally, most jumping steps, are always followed by Theermanam adavu with/without pauses. The physics in the jump is an exciting area to explore and the forces acting on the human body under the jumping action. Few jumps are longer in time, and few hops are short sometimes. The leaps of the shorter duration are quick. Hence the effort of the dancer and the physics involved in it might go unnoticed. A forward jump emerges at the end of Alarippu, the first dance in Bharata Natyam Margam. The timing of the jump is choreographed approximately to one second. Hence the dancer will raise their body above the ground level and land back on the floor within the specified time. A new world of physics can be seen here with precise o