Making a strong pitch for preserving and nurturing art forms, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today relaunched the ancient dance drama 'Ashtapadiyattam' based on 'Gita Govindam' believed to be penned by 12th century poet Jayadeva, ata function here.
Classical Indian art forms should not be neglected, he said.
Naidu said while the country has preserved and nurtured its illustrious artistic heritage, unfortunately, certain classical Indian art forms remain in a state of neglect and are slowly fading.
"We must not allow this unfortunate situation to persist.. our cultural roots sustain us, make our lives richer and make our society more humane and civilised," he said.
On the significance of the function, Naidu said reviving 'Ashtapadiyattam' is like "unearthing buried treasure and it is like watering a plant that is fast losing its vitality."
The vice-president said he hoped that the dance drama would be revived in all its pristine glory, as Jayadeva would have wanted it, giving full justice to the costumes, the music and the mudras as used in the "original performance."
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