Bharatanatyam Dancer Barred From Performing At Kerala Temple Books Another Show

Kerala Bharatanatyam dancer Mansiya VP was recently booked for another show that will be held on the same day as the temple performance she was denied to do when she refused to identify to a specific religion. Raised a Muslim, Mansiya associates herself with no religion because of which her temple performance was cancelled.

Mansiya VP, a Bharatanatyam dancer from Kerala was supposed to perform at the festival being held at the Koodalmanikyam Temple in Thrissur district on April 21, 2022. However, weeks before her performance, she was denied to enter the temple as she was raised as a Muslim and identified herself as an atheist. The temple authorities barred her from performing at the temple saying that it was written in the old norms of the temple that non-Hindus won't be allowed in the temple. The temple disregarded her talent and her rejection was completely on the basis of religion about which she told on her social media. Now, Mansiya has grabbed another Bharatanatyam performance and on the same day as her previous one that was cancelled.

Kerala Bharatanatyam Dancer Mansiya VP Gets Booked For Another Show

Mansiya VP will now be performing at the Kozhikode Town Hall on April 21, the same date when her performance for the Koodalmanikyam Temple festival was supposed to be held. She will be performing at a seminar that is named as 'mathethara devaswom nishedhicha nritham' that is translated as 'The dance denied by secular devaswom'. Her performance will commence at 6 pm.

Mansiya's performance news was confirmed by the organisers of the seminar called the Manjadikkuru themselves. The organisers will take responsibility of all the cost of the performance. If Mansiya would have performed at the temple festival, she would have payed for the musical artists for her performance from her pocket. Convener of Manjadikkuru, Mr. Baiju Merikunnu, reportedly mentioned that usually when something like this happens, there is a bunch of politicians and political parties coming forward in support of the artist and there would be rallies and demonstrations.

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