Closely related to Bharat Natyam is the dance style which is prevelent in Andhra Pradesh. It is sometimes called Kuchipudi, after the name of the village, or Bhama L\Kalapam (the story of Bhama, a consort of Krishna). In this style there is a thin line of demarcation between dance-drama traditions of Bhama Kalapam and the foot contacts and the general pattern of treating the human form is very close to Bharat Natyam, the style is freer and to that extent less austere than Bharat Natyam.

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