Originating from north Indian states, In ancient Indian temples brahmin
priests(pandits) used to narrate the stories of gods and goddesses
through dance, they were known as ((kathakar)) and the dance came to be
known as "kathak". Kathak traces its origins to the nomadic bards of
ancient
northern India, known as
Kathaks, or storytellers.
[24] Its form today contains traces of temple and ritual dances, and the influence of the
bhakti movement.
[24] From the 16th century onwards it absorbed certain features of
Persian dance and Central Asian dance which were imported by the royal courts of the
Mughal era. There are three major schools or
gharanas of Kathak from which performers today generally draw their lineage: the gharanas of
Benares,
Jaipur and
Lucknow.
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