Giri dances for the Goddess

Giri and his friends perform an Odissi piece that requires stamina and concentration. The complicated steps and occasional rhythmic complexities are a challenge even for adult students. Here, her dance teacher Gowri has done a marvellous job at making them understand what is required of them. This was performed during Navarathri, the nine day festival celebrating the Goddess in her marvellous forms of chastiser of demonic qualities, bestower of wealth, and goddess of knowledge and wisdom.