- Tina Nandi
Manchpravesh : Siddhi Waikar
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Some weeks ago, I had the honour of photographing a very important event in Siddhi’s Classical Dance journey, her Manchpravesh. It wasn’t technically her FIRST solo performance but it definitely was her first performing SEVEN items at a stretch. I have rambled on before on how amazing I think classical dance is so I won’t say it again, and let the images speak…
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