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Ganga Thampi, applies make up before staring in the role of Sita, the Indian epic Ramayana. She is both teacher and one of the stars of the traditional and highly prestigious Kalakshetra school of dance, founded in 1936, and due to its exacting and demanding schedule is considered India's foremost classical dance academies that is informally known as "temple dancing" dating back to the Natya Shastra, the 2000 year old text that sets out the principles of Indian dramatic theory and performance. Chennai.