Kathak is said to be one of the 8 ancient dance form of India where  the travelling bards of North India are referred to as kathakaars or storytellers. These kathkaar communicated legendary stories through dance, body movements, facial expressions. These stories were mostly devotional stories and the dance took place mostly in temples. During the mughal era, Kathak changed its shape and included intricate footwork with rhtymic body movements on the played instrument.Kathak has three specific form of genre or gharana : Lucknow , Banaras and Jaipur. Where lucknow gharana is mostly known for Sringara ras compositons, Banaras is dedicated to bhakti and Jaipur to veer ras compositions.