A Thousand Years’ Journey – Story of Stolen Gods

Bharata Dance & Allied Arts presents A Thousand Years’ Journey – Story of Stolen Gods at Cowell Theater in San Francisco on March 14, 2026. Choreographed by Ganesh Vasudeva, this original Bharatanatyam dance-theater production follows the life of a thousand-year-old bronze Nataraja from Tamil Nadu, tracing its passage across a millennium through devotion, displacement, and rediscovery.

At its heart, A Thousand Years’ Journey is about relationships — between people and the divine, memory and identity, and art and belonging. Blending classical Bharatanatyam vocabulary with contemporary storytelling, the ensemble brings to life a deeply human narrative of devotion, injustice, resilience, and the enduring search for home.