Doordarshan's "Celestial Dancers of Manipur" screening of the Film by Art Historian Benoy K Behl at Tibet House, 1, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road > 6:30pm on 16th June 2013

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Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Place : Tibet House, 1, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003

Venue Info : www.tibethousenewdelhi.org | Events | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)'

Event Description : Doordarshan’s “Celestial Dancers of Manipur” screening of the Film by Art Historian Benoy K Behl.
Comments by Benoy K Behl : Manipuri dances are a unique and joyous form of worship, where the entire community comes together to express their devotion through dance. These dances are not performances but are an essential and integral part of religious practice. 
In Indian philosophy, it has always been believed that the aesthetic experience, when one is transported and loses oneself in the beauty of nature or of art, is an experience akin to Brahmananda itself. It is in this moment that the ego, the preoccupation with the self, appears to fade away, and we truly feel that we are a part of the divinity of existance. It is in this manner that the Manipuri worshipper wishes to lose himself entirely through a complete absorption in his dance. 
In my recent trip to Kuwait for the holding of my exhibition, the most wonderful and exciting part of my trip was my visit to see the al-Sabah Collection of antiquities. Here, there was a gold disc of 9.6 cm diameter, which was obviously from the Indus Valley period in India. Please see it on the following link: 
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