• ISBN13: 9781905422197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: General Books
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publisher Imprint: Seagull
• Publication Date: October 16, 2006
• Pages: 258
• Original Price: INR 699.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Hinduism / General

About the Book The Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event, an annual, month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Men, women and children follow the course of the processional performance, accompanying Rama from his exile to his triumphant return to Ayodhya to partake of the joy and glory of Ramarajya. Readers are plunged into the rich and lively experience of the Ramlila with its svarupas, effigies, masks, Ramayanis, Vyasas, gods, goddesses, demons and monkeys; with its theatrical gimmickry and spectacle and marvels; with its thronging, surging crowds. Performers and spectators are part of a seamless ceremony. "Actors, Pilgrims, Kings and Gods" documents this unique theatrical tradition.

Kapur, Anuradha: - Anuradha Kapur, theatre critic and scholar, is a lecturer at the National School of Drama, New Delhi.