What is Sopanasangeetham?
Sopana is traditionally
the steps to the temple’s sacred shrine and sangeetham means music.
Sopanasangeetham
was thus born in the temples as an offshoot of Indian classical music to evoke Ashtapadis
(8 line hymns) of 12th century bhakti poet Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda that celebrate
Lord Krishna and Radha’s love
Sung near the steps
to the inner sanctum, in keeping with the idea of pure simple devotion to the
deity, Sopanasangeetham is shorn of traditional classical music traditions of
microtones and flourishes. It follows the time honour code of ragas that unfold
as per the phases of a day and often accompany the Kalam - the pictorial evocation
of the deity usually Goddess Kali.
So eventually, it moved out of the temples to homes and courtyards
and eventually became the music for kathakali, krishnattam and ashtapadiyattam
dance forms
Learning Centre
Sopanam Kalavedi & Research Centre at Kudamaloor
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