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INDIAS HERITAGE
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Sattriya
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sattriya (Assamese: ), or Sattriya Nritya, is a major Indian classical dance. This dance was initially created as part of Bhaona which are performances of Ankiya Nat, one-act plays, originally created by Sankardev, the 15th-16th century polymath from Assam.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sattriya is a dance form that is more than 500 years old and comes from the Vaishnavite monasteries of Assam northeast India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sattriya Nritya was created by Sankardeva to accompany the Ankiya Naat (a sort of Assamese one-act drama invented by him), which were mainly performed in the sattras, as Assam’s monasteries are named. As the convention expanded and evolved with the sattras, the dancing style became known as Sattriya Nritya.