<p>Ever thought about what we call “classical” and whether it’s really as ancient or untouched as it seems?Society often presents traditions like Bharatanatyam as timeless and unchanging, passed down intact from a distant past. Tradition, however, can’t be reduced to simple inheritance; and neither is the question of who shapes it a new one.Join us as we trace Bharatanatyam’s journey from temple rituals and devadasi traditions to the modern stage and ask the uncomfortable but fascinating questions that come with it: who decides what becomes “heritage”? What gets preserved, and what quietly disappears?</p>