Charkula logo represents the traditional folk dance of Utter Pradesh named “CHARKULA”
The Charkula dance is associated with the Braj area of Uttar Pradesh and in particular with the village of Mukhrai in Mathura.
This female dominated dance is performed during the monsoon and the other occasions of festivity. The inspiration for the dance is believed to have come from Radha’s grandmother, who is believed to have run out of her house with wheel on her head to give the news of Radha’s birth. While dancing, women carry a multi-tiered heavy wheel on their heads. This wheel has 108 oil lamps placed on the rim of each wheel and pots in the center and its weight ranges about 50 KG. while women dance. The instruments used in this dance are Nagara (drum), Algoza( wind instrument), Thali (brass plate used for beat),
Bansuri (flute) Majira, Khartal (cymbals) and Harmonium.
A Glimpse
