Other Rigvedic names, epithets or aspects of Agni include Matarishvan, Jatavedas, or Bharata.
Contemporary Bharata Natyam is rarely practiced as Natya Yoga, a sacred meditational tradition, except by a few orthodox schools (see Yoga and dance).
Vaghela has illustrated several books including The Story of Dance: Bharata Natyam by Krishna Sahai and Another India: An Anthology of Indian Contemporary Fiction and Poetry with British painter Howard Hodgkin.
It has been argued that an ancient city named Pushkalwati, founded by Bharata's son Pushkal, from the Indian epic Ramayana, may have existed in this general area during early Indo-Iranian times before their invasion past the Indus into South Asia.
The Veerashaiva writer Chamarasa (author of Prabhulingalile, 1425) and his Vaishnava competitor Kumaravyasa (Karnata Bharata Kathamanjari, 1450) popularised the shatpadi metric tradition initiated by Hoysala poet Raghavanka, in the court of Vijayanagara King Deva Raya II.
After 8–10 years Katatthanaattu Udayavarman Thampuran started the effort to translate Bharata Manjari by Kshemendra.
Melattur style, a variety of Bharata Natyam dance which originated in the Tamil village
It is customary to visit the four temples in the order Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna respectively.
In 2007 she completed her solo Bharata Natyam Arangetram, a graduation ceremony amongst dancers, titled ‘Storming Destiny’.
Ramachandran identified images at Brhadiswara temple at Tanjore, as the earliest extant visual representation of Bharata’s karanas.