KUCHIPUDI

Delving deep into the history of KUCHIPUDI ,Kakatiyas came in the 12th century. They subjugated Jayappa of the Ayya dyansty , and made him a commander.An ardent lover of dance , in all its many slandered forms , Jayappa wrote "NRITTARATNAVALI". Palkuriki Somanatha, an eminent poet of the Kakatiya court listed all these dance forms in his book "Pandittaradhyacharita" , in Telugu.