Vanaja in Sanskrit means Water Lily/ Lotus
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Vanaja is seen slicing a coconut, while the cook, Radhamma, stokes a coal fire.
Vanaja invokes Goddess Durga during a Kuchipudi dance called “Igiri Nandini”. In the dance, she narrates how the Gods combined powers to create Goddess Durga to kill the demon Mahishasura. This dance appears close to the end of the film.
Vanaja with her child
Vanaja dances a Kuchipudi Jati (short sequence set to a staccatto beat) from Rama Devi.
Vanaja rests on the set after performing a Kuchipudi dance Tillana.
Vanaja sews by lamplight in the servant's quarters.
Rama Devi forces her son, Shekhar, to acknowledge his crime.
Yadigiri confronts Vanaja when she hangs her clothes on the landlady's line.