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Virtual Book Launch – Krishna’s Mahabharata’s: Devotional Retellings of an Epic Narrative

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The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) at the University of Florida is delighted to announce an online book launch and discussion of Professor Sohini Pillai’s book, *Krishna’s Mahabharatas: Devotional Retellings of An Epic Narrative* (AAR’s Religion in Translation series). There will be a short presentation by Professor Sohini Pillai, followed by comments

Rhythm Across Borders: Trailblazing Women of Classical Indian Dance in the USA

UF Innovate 747 SW 2nd Ave STE 160, Gainesville

Inscribing a Classical Indian Dance Form on the US Landscape: Old Art, New Hometowns, Next Generation How does an Indian classical dance form that traces its origins to Bharata’s Treatise on Dance, (c. first century CE), become integrated into the American cultural fabric and become “mainstream,” with representatives in the National Council for the Arts? 

The Sixth Gujarati Poetry Festival

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The Gujarat Region Culture Program / Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) will be hosting the Sixth Suvarna D. Shah Gujarati Poetry Festival on May 6th and 7th (Saturday and Sunday), 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (USA); 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm IST (India). The program will present several established and young