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Gopura-s, namely the North gopura by Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar Dynasty, the
Eastern Gopura by the Pallava King Kopperunjinga Deva and the South Gopura by the Pandya King. Amongst these, the eastern Gopura has the 108 Karana-s described in the 4th chapter of Bharata's
Natya Shastra. In the 16th century, Magadi Kempegowda an illustrious
vassal of the Vijaynagar Dynasty laid
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foundation for the town of Bangalore in Karnataka and developed Yakshagana, a folk dance art. He wrote in Telugu a drama called Ganga-Gowri Vilasa and composed many 'Daru'-s or Dance patterns in different Raga-s and Tala-s. In the same 16th
century, the famous Jain poet Ratnakara Varni, being an exponent of dance art, wrote a classic called 'Bharatesha Vaibhava' in which he has described some unique dances called 'Dikkannika Nritya', Jalakannika Nritya, 'Dashapadma Lasya,' 'Amara Kanta Nritya', 'Hamsa Mandali' etc.
He was a student of a famous Guru Hamsanatha and a resident of Mudabidri in South Kanara, Later on, in the 17th century, the King Simha Bhupala wrote a treatise called
'Lasya Ranjana' in old Kannada in which he has described the various aspects of
Natya Shastra and the usages of 'Anganga-s'.
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