Gotipua an Oriya etymon means a single boy; "goti" is
single and "pua" is boy. A dance performed by a single boy dancer in
female costume is known as Gotipua dance. When the dance of the Maharis slowly
declined due to various reasons, the class of these boy dancers was created to
carry out the tradition and it is largely from that the present form of Odissi
dance has been revived. To know more read:
