1. EDITORIAL
2. The Making of an American Kathak Dancer- Introduction
3. Childhood – Dance & Music
4. Swarthmore College- 1962 to 1966- Russian Language
5. Kathak Kendra- 1967 to 1969- Kathak, Tabla, Hindustani vocal
6. Chicago – 1969 to 1971
7. New York City – Dance Capital of the World
8. The 1980s - Return to India with Baby Lela
9. The 1980s and 1990s - Back Home in New York City
10. Arts - in - Education
11. Performing in the 21st Century - A selection
12. Recent Recognition
13. Afterword
14. HARIKATHA: Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās' Era in Indian Classical Music and Dance traditions- Introduction
15. Harikatha: An Ancient Tradition
16. The Art Form in Maharashtra
17. The Tradition of Harikatha in the Southern States
18. Harikatha, The Era of Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās
19. Harikatha: A Divine Art
20. References of Harikatha as Yakshagāna
21. ‘Harikathā Pitāmaha’ Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās
22. Harikathaka lakṣaṇamu
23. Harikatha Vaggēyakāra-s
24. Disciples of Nārāyaṇa Dās
25. Harikatha-s of Nārāyaṇa Dās
26. Purpose of Harikatha
27. Bibliography
Harikatha Vaggēyakāra-s
‘Saṅgīta Sāhitya Sārvabhauma’, ‘Laya Brahma’, ‘Pañcamukhī Paramēsvara’, ‘Āṭa Pāṭala Mēṭi’, ‘Sahaja Pānḍitya Vilāsa’, ‘Pūrṇa Puruṣuḍu’, ‘Pumbhāva Sarasvati and ‘Harikathā Pitāmaha’ Ajjāḍa Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās (Ajjāḍa-his birthplace), did inestimable service to the world of Telugu literature and arts by the creation of the novel art form Harikatha. He served Harikatha for six decades (1883-1945) transporting his audience into his world of Harikatha by his multi-faceted personality. The connoisseurs of arts of his time conferred on him the title of ‘Harikathā Pitāmaha’. Tūmāṭi Dōṇappa in his ‘Telugu Harikathā Vāṅgmaya Caritra’ highlights the glorious period of six decades in which Nārāyaṇa Dās’ Harikatha-s reigned supreme as Nārāyaṇa Dāsa yuga[^1] , and the years before 1883 as Prāṅ (pre) Nārāyaṇa Dāsa yuga and the years after 1945 as Anantara (post) Nārāyaṇa Dāsa yuga. Some of the prominent Harikatha artistes of the period before 1883 were Dhuḷipāḷa Kriṣṇa Kavi, Koppera Bābu Rao, Mainampāṭi
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