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Two dancers to boycott Kerala temple fest in solidarity with Mansiya

Expressing solidarity with dancer Mansiya VP, who was denied opportunity to perform at Koodalmanikyam temple on religious grounds, at least two dancers on Friday decided not to participate in the...

Kerala dance row: Devaswom in damage control mode, talks to stakeholders

Amid a raging controversy over the denial of permission to non-Hindu artistes to perform in Kerala's famous Koodalmanikyam temple, a Devaswom official on Wednesday said conciliatory talks are on...

Row over dancer not allowed to perform at Kerala temple

The denial of permission to a Bharatanatyam dancer, who has declared that she does not belong to any religion, to perform in a famous Kerala temple has sparked a raging controversy in the southern...

'My art is my God and the stage is my temple'

'Art has no religion. An artist is an artist.' IMAGE: Mansiya. All photographs: Kind courtesy Mansiya VP/Facebook It was in the late 1950s that an 11-year-old Hyder Ali joined the Kerala...