Performing Arts & Temple Culture

The message communicated by art is ___________________

• knowledge

• emotions

• anger

• science

The various elements of music in the Natya-Sastra

• notes (svaras)

• pitches (srutis)

• scale (gamas)

• parent ragas (jati)

Music is looked up as a form of ____________

• knowledge

• sangeet

• art

• worship

The stage is like a ___________ and the dance is an ______________________ to the lord

• temple

• knowledge

• offering

• worship

The structure of a temple symbolizes the entire creation and ___________

• desires

• knowledge

• truth

• worship

Temples were ________________ centers and places of _________________

• cultural

• learning

• truth

• anger

Dancers spend a minimum of _____ years in strict discipline and hard work

• 100

• 5

• 6

• 59

Sanctity of the dance form has been symbolized by the manifestation of Lord

• Krishna

• Rama

• Shiva

• Ganesh