The availability of Rama’s story in vernacular fostered the tradition of Ram Leela—the dramatic enactment of Rama’s story held throughout India around Dussehra. Every one of us is familiar with the ...

A painting of Rama dated 1816. Painted in South India (probably Thanjavur or Tiruchirapalli). In the chapter on Rasa, the normative Sanskrit text the Natya Shastra makes the following points: that ...

Bihar education minister - who belongs to the RJD - stirred a controversy after saying that ‘Ramcharitmanas’ - a religious book for Hindus depicting tales of Ramayana - promoted “social discrimination ...

The Bay Area is home to many different kinds of theater companies, and Naatak is a perfect example of this. A South Bay company that has become America’s largest Indian theater, Naatak now celebrates ...

In South India, the Bhakti movement started in response to these factors. Bhakti poets had no problem with physical representations of God. Around the eighth century, a movement was started by Adi ...