{"id":2542,"date":"2025-05-03T21:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2025-05-03T21:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T16:19:13","slug":"q-in-the-context-of-cultural-history-of-india-a-pose-in-dance-and-dramatics-called-tribhanga-has-been-a-favourite-of-indian-artists-from-ancient-times-till-today-which-one-of-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-in-the-context-of-cultural-history-of-india-a-pose-in-dance-and-dramatics-called-tribhanga-has-been-a-favourite-of-indian-artists-from-ancient-times-till-today-which-one-of-the","title":{"rendered":"Q. In the context of cultural history of India, a pose in dance and dramatics called \u2018Tribhanga\u2019 has been a favourite of Indian artists from ancient times till today. Which one of the following statements best describes this pose?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>One leg is bent and the body is slightly but oppositely curved at waist and neck<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facial expressions, hand gestures and make-up are combined to symbolize certain epic or historic characters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Movements of body, face and hands are used to express oneself or to tell a story<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A little smile, slightly curved waist and certain hand gestures are emphasized to express the feelings of love or eroticism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) One leg is bent and the body is slightly but oppositely curved at waist and neck<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6815955a65c0e\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tribha\u1e45ga or Tribunga is a&nbsp;<strong>standing body position or stance used in traditional Indian art and Indian classical dance forms<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The techniques of movement are built around the two basic postures of the Chowk and the Tribhanga.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The chowk is a position imitating a square \u2013 a very masculine stance with the weight of the body equally balanced.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The tribhanga is a very feminine stance where the body is deflected at the neck, torso and knees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tribhanga consists of three bends in the body<\/strong>; at the neck, waist and knee, hence the&nbsp;<strong>body is oppositely curved at waist and neck which gives it a gentle \u201cS\u201d shape and is considered the most graceful and sensual of the Odissi positions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bhutesvara_Yakshis_Mathura_reliefs_2nd_century_CE_front-1024x949.jpg\" alt=\"Bhutesvara Yakshis Mathura reliefs 2nd century CE front\" class=\"wp-image-51719\" style=\"width:674px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Ancient History &amp; Art and Culture 2013 2\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Bhutesvara Yakshis<\/strong>&nbsp;(2nd century CE), Mathura art<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (a) One leg is bent and the body is slightly but oppositely curved at waist and neck Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[40,43],"years":[60],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-ancient-history","tag-art-and-culture","years-60"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":40,"label":"Ancient History"},{"value":43,"label":"Art and Culture"}],"years":[{"value":60,"label":"2013"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":40,"name":"Ancient History","slug":"ancient-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":40,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":108,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":43,"name":"Art and Culture","slug":"art-and-culture","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":43,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":80,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}