Dance composition: Dr Ileana Citaristi
Raga: Malkaus, Tala: Jhampa
Music composition: Sri Profulla Kar
Date of composition: 2003
The item is in honour of Kapalika Shiva, by whose destructive dance the Universe is renovated at the end of each yuga, who, out of grief for Sati’s death, destroys the sacrifice of her father Dakshya; who enjoys playing with Parvati on the pick of Mount Kailasa and who makes the skulls by which is garlanded, resounding during his dance. To that Kapalika, whose wife is the black goddess Kali and whose neck is black like the river Yamuna, the dancers ask for prosperity and blessing.