Multiple choice

Which of the following did not originate in the form of a dance drama?

  1. Kathakali

  2. Kuchipudi

  3. Kathak

  4. Manipuri
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Manipuri is the correct answer because it did NOT originate as a dance-drama. Kathakali, Kuchipudi, and Kathak all began as dance-dramas with narrative storytelling elements. Manipuri originated as a purely dance form (associated with Vaishnavism) without the dramatic theatrical component that defines dance-drama.

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