2. Sanjana Doss Tishra Alaripu

'ALL' IN TAMIL MEANS TO BLOOM AND 'RIPU' -- A FLOWER. JUST LIKE A BUD BLOOMS TO BECOME A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER, SANJANA WILL BLOSSOM INTO CRISP MOVEMENTS OF THE ANGAS ..THE LEGS, HEAD, ABDOMEN, CHEST, THE UPANGAS -- THE FEET, KNEES, SHOULDERS, ELBOWS, NECK ETC AND THE PRATYANGAS OR THE LIPS, EYES, EYEBROWS, CHEEKS, FINGERS ETC…WHICH ALL ARE COMPARED TO THE PETALS OF A BLOOMING FLOWER IN THIS PIECE. THE DANCER IS TAUGHT THIS PIECE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE OR SHE HAS LEARNT ALL THE BASIC STEPS AND THE BASE IS STRONG. THIS PIECE, THAT FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A MARGAM, IS DONE IN THREE SPEEDS AND CAN BE SET TO ANY OF THE 35 TALAS. TODAY'S ALLARIPU IS A THREE BEAT ONE, IN TISHRA JATHI ROOPAKA TALAM, TAKEN FROM THE TREASURY OF THE TANJORE QUARTET.
THERE WILL BE A PRELUIDE IN THE FORM OF A SHLOKA DEDICATED TO KANTESHA ..A FORM OF LORD HANUMAN, A DIETY OF KADARIMANDALIGE IN KARNATAKA. THE PRESIDING DIETY OF THE DOSS FAMILY, THE SHLOKA WILL INVOKE THE BLESSINGS OF HE WHO IS THE SON OF VAYU, HE WHO IS AN EPITOME OF STRENGTH AND VALOUR, BELOVED NAUGHTY SON OF ANJANA …. RADIANT AS THE SUN AND LORD OF ALL GODS, ONE WHO CARRIED THE MIGHTY SANJEEVANI MOUNTAIN, ONE WHO BLESSES ALL WHO SURRENDER TO HIM… ANJANEYA OR KANTESHA.