THE STORY OF PRINCE RAMA BY THE POET KAMBAN

The palace intrigues in the kingdom of Ayodhya have led to their Prince Rama, being sent on exile. Meanwhile King Ravan of Lanka has his eyes set on the beautiful Princess Sita, Prince Rama’s wife. Will Rama and Sita’s love stand the test of time? Watch this story of love, trust, deceit and lust

ABOUT THE PLAY AND PLAYWRIGHT

The Ramayana is India’s most well known story. It has various retellings by Indian authors, movie and television versions, stage versions and dance versions.  Its dance versions are performed in countries like Thailand and Bali. In this production we present the version by the Tamil poet Kamban. Kamban wrote the retelling of this epic in Tamil in 11000 verses. We present this epic in dance theatre style.

DURATION: 1 hour

GENRE: Traditional text based