The following are a select list of books on Bharatanatyam. Please click on Details at the end of the title to see the complete table of contents and excerpts from the jacket/preface. All books are in hardcover unless specified pbk (for paper back edition)
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Appreciating Bharatanatyam/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, Skanda Pub., 2006, 388 p., photographs, $80 (pbk). Details No. 49736

Bharatanatyam/Ashish Mohan Khokar. New Delhi, Rupa & Co., 2002, 80 p., photographs, $22. ISBN 81-7167-814-9. [Eternal India Series]   Details No. 29519

Bharata Natyam : Du Temple a La Scene/Raghunath Manet. Pondicherry, Tala Sruti, 1999, 156 p., tables, $11 (pbk).  Details No. 45500

Bharatanatyam : How to... : Complete Dance Units (Adavus) Performed with Syllables, Carnatic Notes and Instruments (DVD)/Jayalakshmi Eshwar. New Delhi, BRPC, 2007, $50. Details No. 52871

Bharatanatyam : How to... : Complete Dance Units (Adavus) Rendered with Syllables, Carnatic Notes and Instruments (CD)/Jayalakshmi Eshwar. New Delhi, BRPC, 2007, $40. Details No. 52870

Bharatanatyam : How to…/Jayalakshmi Eshwar. Delhi, B.R. Pub., 2002, xii, 348 p., photographs, $72. ISBN 81-7646-235-7. Details No. 28053

Bharatanatyam : An In-Depth Study/Saroja Vaidyanathan. New Delhi, Ganesa Natyalaya, 1996, viii, 192 p., 236 mudras, 67 Col. photographs, $30. Details No. 56142
                
Bharatanatyam/Manjula Lusti-Narasimhan. New Delhi, Bookwise, 2002, 176 p., photographs, $85 (pbk). ISBN 81-87330-02-3. Details No. 28584

Bharata Natyam/Sunil Kothari. Revised edition. Bombay, Marg, 2000, 232 p, $66. ISBN 81-85026-36-X. Details No. 20154

Bharatanatyam : Varnam: The Sum and Substance (2 Video CD, Vol. 1 & 2)/Priyadarsini Govind. Chennai, Swathi Soft Solutions, 2004, $60 (set).  Details No. 49732

Bharata Natyam : From Temple to Theatre/Anne-Marie Gaston. 1996, 403 p., $40.  Details No. 11793

Classical Dances of India/Saroja Vaidyanathan. New Delhi, Ganesa Natyalaya, 2004, 156 p., photographs, $70. Details No. 41249

A Comprehensive Dictionary of Bharatanatyam/Vidya Bhavani Suresh. Chennai, A Skanda Pub., 2004, 108 p., illus., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 38715

Devadasis and Bharatha Natyam in Tamilnadu/J. Surya Narayana Murthy. Chennai, Ulaga Thamizhar Pathippakam, 2005, 128 p., $11 (pbk). Details No. 45600

Dhananjayan on Indian Classical Dance/V.P. Dhananjayan. Delhi, B.R. Rhythms, 2004, x, 118 p., Photographs, $42. ISBN 81-88827-04-5.  Details No. 36503

Essence of Nattuvangam : Bharathanatyam Guide Book/Kamala Rani. Chennai, Kamala Rani,1997, x, 45 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 48748

Hastha Prayogaah : Vocabulary of Hand Gestures in Bharatanatyam (with Audio CD and Instructional DVD)/Jayalakshmi Eshwar. New Delhi, Jayalakshmi Eshwar, 2006, xx, 254 p., ills., $175 (Includes delivery by DHL within 3-5 days). ISBN 81-7525-786-5.  Details No. 49296

Indian Classical Dance : Tradition in Transition/Leela Venkataraman and Avinash Pasricha. New Delhi, Roli Books, 2002, 144 p., photographs, $88. ISBN 81-7436-216-9. Details No. 29932

Laghu Bharatham, Vol. I. Reprint. Chennai, Shree Bharatalaya, 2002, xxxi, 292 p., $12. Details No. 40335

Laghu Bharatham, Vol. II. Chennai, Shree Bharatalaya, 1997,  xxxi, 356 p., $18. Details No. 40469

Laghu Bharatham, Vol. III. Reprint. Chennai, Shree Bharatalaya, 2000, xxxii, 319 p., $15.  Details No. 40470

Nattuvangam : 100 Roopaka Thalam Theermanams/Kamala Rani. Chennai, Kamala Rani, 1997, x, 100 p., $11 (pbk).  Details No. 48747

Ramayana Balkanda : Bharatanatyam Dance: 2 Parts, CD Rom. New Delhi, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, $26. Details No. 22214

Rukmini Devi Arundale : Birth Centenary Volume/edited by Shakuntala Ramani. Chennai, Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003, xxvi, 298 p., photographs, $50 (pbk).   Details No. 31705

Rukmini Devi : Bharata Natya. Chennai, Kalakshetra Pub., 2003, 284 p., photographs, $66. Details No. 34682

Rukmini Devi Arundale : Centenary Valedictory Volume/Shakuntala Ramani. Chennai, Kalakshetra Foundation, 2004, 112 p., illus., $20 (pbk). Details No. 54126

The Science of Bharata Natyam, 2nd edition/Saroja Vaidyanathan. Delhi, Kanishka, 2000, 78 p., photo, Illus., $28. ISBN 81-7391-388-9. Details No. 18512

So Many Journeys by Bharatanatyam Dancer/Geeta Chandran. New Delhi, Niyogi Offset Pvt. Ltd., 2005, 221 p., photographs, $160. ISBN 81-901936-0-0.  Details No. 39516

Some Selected Speeches and Writings of Rukmini Devi Arundale/compiled and edited by Shakuntala Ramani. Chennai, Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003, 2 Vols., 547 p., $55 (set).  Details No. 31704

Splendours of Indian Dance (Forms-Theory-Practice)/V. Raghavan. Chennai, Dr. V. Raghavan Centre for Performing Arts, 2004, x, 330 p., $25.  Details No. 49735

The Story of a Dance : Bharata Natyam/Krishna Sahai. New Delhi, Indialog Pub., 2003, 238 p., figs., $17 (pbk). ISBN 81-87981-51-2. Details No. 34003

Understanding Bharata Natyam/Mrinalini Sarabhai. Reprint. Ahmedabad, Darpana Pub., 2005, vii, 112 p., plates, $17 (pbk). Details No. 40342