Ghungroo

A ghungroo (Hindi: घुँघरू, Urdu: گھنگرو), also known as ghunghroo or ghunghru or ghungur (in Assamese and Bengali) or ghungura (in Odia) or Chilanka or Salangai or Gejje (in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada respectively), is one of many small metallic bells strung together to form ghungroos, a musical anklet tied to the feet of classical Indian dancers.

Ghungroos serve to accentuate the rhythmic aspects of the dance and allow complex footwork to be heard by the audience.

Novice children dancers may start with 50 and slowly add more as they grow older and advance in their technical ability.

Ghungroos are worn in traditional performances of classical Indian dance forms such as Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Lavani, and Odissi.

[2] Ghunghroo vadan is a music style evolved by V. Anuradha Singh, an Indian classical kathak exponent.