The Life of Hinduism

an open-air ramayana. 125 The large space of the Ramlila is extended to a semblance of infinity by the fact that the “play” is s ...

126. performance elephants sweep through the crowd and, startlingly, right up over the stage, so that the two kings (Ram and the ...

an open-air ramayana. 127 Ravan for many days has disappeared, and all that remains is this massive paper emblem, inert, devoid ...

128. performance DARSHAN If you ask people why they come to Ramlila, the great majority will say, “To get God ’s darshan.” Darsh ...

an open-air ramayana. 129 serpent Shesha, with Lakshmi massaging his legs and Garuda at his feet, floats out under a black starr ...

130. performance The world is a show and you are the viewer. You make Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva dance. Even they don’t know your ...

an open-air ramayana. 131 of separation. Ram, whose every desire is fulfilled, the summation of happiness, unborn, indestructibl ...

132. performance dhavkar for a month, and why they kept smiling at my questions as if I had asked, “Why is sugar sweet?” BHAVNA ...

an open-air ramayana. 133 tions, refinements, love surpassing love, love filtered through every type of per- sonality, in raptur ...

134. performance tell the efficacy of a mantra by whether it affects you in this area [indicates neck and face]. After you pract ...

an open-air ramayana. 135 “You don’t notice any difference?” “No difference. You shouldn’t see difference, you should keep your ...

136. performance the Lord of form, Ram with his dark skin, his bow and arrows, his long arms, his in- comparable beauty. He pray ...

an open-air ramayana. 137 preciation to the American Institute of Indian Studies, which generously supported my Ramlila research ...

138. performance 4.17.3, p. 582. Quoted in Rothenberg 1968, 417. 1.240.2, p. 196. In saying, “As I am [i.e., as I am dressed], ...

an open-air ramayana. 139 Schechner, Richard. 1985. “The Ramlila of Ramnagar.” In Between Anthropology and Theater. Philadelphia ...

9. A Ramayana on Air “All in the (Raghu) Family,” A Video Epic in Cultural Context philip lutgendorf Rama incarnates in countles ...

a ramayana on air. 141 mayan had become the most popular program ever shown on Indian television, and something more: a phenomen ...

142. performance caritmanas) performance: ritualized recitation (path), oral exposition (katha),and dramatic enactment (ramlila) ...

a ramayana on air. 143 an unexpected windfall—the best example is Jai Santoshi Ma (1975), which, through presenting a new goddes ...

144. performance sure they never enjoyed when confined to cinema halls—but at least one effect was to jolt the officials in Mand ...