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Grandmother's hands trembled as she taught me the mudras, each gesture a whispered prayer from centuries past. Social media had become our unexpected stage. When her video went viral, strangers sent donations—enough to finally restore her studio. The comments rolled in: some rushed, some harsh, some genuinely moved. But mostly, people watched. They saw what I saw every morning: a keeper of flame, translating ancient Bharatanatyam into digital memory. We never performed for the likes. Yet those tiny hearts meant something—acknowledgment that heritage matters, that traditions deserve witnessing. Her smile told me we'd succeeded not alone, but together.