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Witness the celebration of divine femininity at this two-day event in Mumbai
Updated On: 03 November, 2023 06:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Pooja Patel
A two-day event at this SoBo venue will celebrate divine femininity in all forms
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Sanjukta Wagh
Today and tomorrow will see a collective effort to bring to life an interesting event called Goddess: A Celebration of the Divine Feminine, which is being presented by the National Centre for Performing Arts and curated by poet and writer Arundhathi Subramaniam. The first day of the event will witness discussions by writer Devdutt Pattanaik, poet and scholar Mani Rao and author Sampurna Chattarji, followed by kathak performances by Aditi Bhagwat, choreographed by acclaimed dancer Sanjukta Wagh and musical storytelling by filmmaker, theatre practitioner and singer Shilpa Mudbi Kothakota, and singer Adithya Kothakota.
The idea of the event is to highlight an array of roles that a woman plays in a lifetime in which she is completely devoted. It will be an occasion that will weave together a tapestry of Goddess poems from diverse lands and across the ages. It emerged from Subramaniam’s deep-rooted fascination with the Goddess figure. “It [idea for the event] also emerged from my long-standing preoccupation with the female presence in sacred Indian poetry. I have been working for the past five years on an anthology on this subject. And it emerged, I guess, from the zeitgeist. Goddesses are in the air. Women’s voices are emerging everywhere. Long-submerged narratives are rising. It feels like there is a distinct need for a more balanced, less exclusionary cultural and spiritual ethos,” the curator explained, adding that when she informed Dr Suvarna Rao of the NCPA about the idea last year, Rao was more than happy to host it.
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