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Vaidehi
Sat Apr 29, 7:30 PM
Anuradha Venkataraman
The performance begins with an invocatory piece that praises Sita as the embodiment of the trinity, the
creator, sustainor and destroyer. The remover of despair and giver of all goodness.It follows by tracing the origins of Sita through the story of Ravana as told in the Adbuta Ramayana. This arc traces the arrogance of Ravana and his a boon that he will only die when he unknowingly lusts for his
own daughter and how Mandodari unwittingly becomes pregnant and aborts the baby and hides it in the land of Kurushetra, this aborted child is Sita who has been born as the embodiment of the devi the
female power destined to spell the end of Ravana’s reign of terror.The performance then moves on to the discovery of Sita by Janaka and her precocious childhood. It describes how even as a child she was so powerful that she could pick up Shiva’s bow playfully. This prompts Janaka to decide that whoever marries Sita must be her equal and organize her swayamwara accordingly.Rama’s encounter with this beautiful princess comes next in a piece taken from Ram Charit Manas where Rama describes how spellbound he is with Sita’s beauty when he first encounters her.
The next act takes us to the debate between Sita and Ravana in Ashok Vaatika in a piece taken from
Valmiki Ramayana, here instead of being cowed down by terrifying presence of Ravana she advises him
to mend his ways. The performance concludes with another piece from Adbuta Ramayana. When she is
asked to prove her purity, Sita challenges Rama to kill the thousand headed Ravana of Pushkar without
defeating whom the victory would be incomplete. As Rama battles with the Pushkara Ravana he is
overwhelmed and swoons in this battle. She grasps Rama's bow and arrow, and assumes the terrible
form of Devi.
creator, sustainor and destroyer. The remover of despair and giver of all goodness.It follows by tracing the origins of Sita through the story of Ravana as told in the Adbuta Ramayana. This arc traces the arrogance of Ravana and his a boon that he will only die when he unknowingly lusts for his
own daughter and how Mandodari unwittingly becomes pregnant and aborts the baby and hides it in the land of Kurushetra, this aborted child is Sita who has been born as the embodiment of the devi the
female power destined to spell the end of Ravana’s reign of terror.The performance then moves on to the discovery of Sita by Janaka and her precocious childhood. It describes how even as a child she was so powerful that she could pick up Shiva’s bow playfully. This prompts Janaka to decide that whoever marries Sita must be her equal and organize her swayamwara accordingly.Rama’s encounter with this beautiful princess comes next in a piece taken from Ram Charit Manas where Rama describes how spellbound he is with Sita’s beauty when he first encounters her.
The next act takes us to the debate between Sita and Ravana in Ashok Vaatika in a piece taken from
Valmiki Ramayana, here instead of being cowed down by terrifying presence of Ravana she advises him
to mend his ways. The performance concludes with another piece from Adbuta Ramayana. When she is
asked to prove her purity, Sita challenges Rama to kill the thousand headed Ravana of Pushkar without
defeating whom the victory would be incomplete. As Rama battles with the Pushkara Ravana he is
overwhelmed and swoons in this battle. She grasps Rama's bow and arrow, and assumes the terrible
form of Devi.