Performing Art · Karnataka

Ramayana Drama

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Episodes from the Ramayana are staged across Karnataka through dance-drama traditions like Yakshagana, brought to life through stylised movement, song and dialogue.

Dance Theatre & Puppetry

Understand

Where Ramayana Drama comes from

The Ramayana has long supplied source material for Karnataka's dance-drama traditions, with troupes staging its episodes — Rama's exile, Sita's abduction, the war with Ravana — through the night at temple festivals.

How it's practiced

Actor-dancers in elaborate costume and makeup perform the epic's episodes in stylised movement and sung dialogue, backed by live percussion and a narrating vocalist.

Episodes from the Ramayana are staged across Karnataka through dance-drama traditions like Yakshagana, brought to life through stylised movement, song and dialogue.

From discovery to practice

The Journey

Understand

Where Ramayana Drama comes from, why it started, and what it means today.

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Practice

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