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Read the passage given below. South India is known for its music and for its arts and rich literature, Madras or Chennai can be called the cultural capital and the soul of Mother India. The city is built low in pleasant contrast to the ghoulish tall structures of Mumbai and Kolkata. It has vast open spaces and ample greenery. The majestic spacious Mount 5 Road looks like a river, wide and deep. A stroll on the Marina beach in the evening with the sea glistening in your face is refreshing. The breeze soothes the body, refreshes the mind, sharpens the tongue and brightens the intellect. One can never feel dull in Chennai. The intellectual and cultural life of the city is something of a marvel. Every street corner of Chennai has a literary forum, a 10 debating society and music, dance and dramatic club. The intelligent arguments, the sparkling wit and dashing irony enliven both the political and the literary meetings. There is a young men's association which attracts brilliant speakers and equally brilliant listeners to its meetings. It is a treat to watch the speakers use their oratorical weapons. Chennai speakers are by and large sweet and urbane. 15 Music concerts and dance performances draw packed houses. There is hardly any cultural family in Chennai that does not learn music and dance in its pristine purity. Rukmani Devi Arundale's 'Kalaksherta' has turned out hundreds of celebrated maestros and dancers who have brought name and glory to our countr Karnataka music has a charm of its own. It has the moon's soft beauty and pace. 20 Thousands of people flock to the temple 'maidans' to get drunk with the mellifluous melodies of their favourite singers. They sit out all night in gruelling heat, swaying to the rhythm of 'nadaswaram' and rollicking with the measured beats of 'mridangam'. The God's might descend from heaven to see a South Indian damsel dancing. Thi 25 are several varieties of South Indian dance- Bharatnatyam, Mohini A tam, Odiss Kathakali, etc. age cannot wither nor custom stale its beautiful varie 7 . 7 . Bharatnatyam is a graceful and enchanting dance form while Kathakali is masculine and virile. South Indian dances combine voluptuousness with purity Here every muscle and fibre of the body vibrates into life, and as the tempo 30 increases, a divine flame-like passion bodies forth as if making an assault on heaven.

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