indore in her effort to revive the forgotten indian classical dance form vilasini natyam which was being performed by devadasis of andhra pradesh danseuse purva dhanashree reached indore on tuesday she will perform vilasini natyam at different institutes of indore for three days under spic macays virasat series on tuesday dhanashree performed vilasini natyam at queens college and sage university she narrated its history and aesthetics to the dancers in the questionanswer round a student asked me if i was a devadasi while i replied negatively i was saddened by the fate these women were subject todhanashree said in the coming days dhanashree will perform at shri vaishnav vidyapeeth vishwavidyalaya shishukunj international school and prestige institute of management and research devadasis were a vital part of the society they performed at temples before royalty and also in front of common public educating them about social issues the art form which had completely been discouraged during the british era was studied by swapnasundari who is now training dancers to learn this culture of devadasis through vilasini natyam the art form is gradually gaining recognition at the national level with many of its performances at major art centres