Friday, February 11, 2011

Living Traditions of Mahabharata


A Symposium
on the
Living Traditions of Mahabharata
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
10-16th February 2011

Day 4
13th February 2011, Sunday

10.30 am: Plenary Talk II
Chair:
G.N. Devy:  Mahabharata and Cultural Responses   

11.30 am: Session Eight- Regional Dynamics of Mahabharata
Performance IV: Bheel Bharat (Gujarat)
Presenter and Discussant: Bhagwan Das Patel
Chair: G N Devy
·         Satya Chaitanya – Bheel Bharath: Two Women Who Run With the Wolves
·         Jitendra Shah – Nalvilas – Ek Samikshatmak Adhyan
·         Urmila Sharma – Mahabharat me Nari: Ek Vimarsh
Discussant: Pradip Bhattacharya

1.00 pm: Lunch
2.00 pm: Session Nine- Regional Dynamics of Mahabharata
                                                (South of Vindhyas)  
Chair: Alfred Hiltebeitel
Speakers:
·         H. S. Shivaprakash – Myth and History in Jaina Mahabharata of Pampa and Ranna (Karnataka)
·         T.S. Satyanath – The Kinnari Jogi version of the Mahabharata: Text, Context and Performance
·         S.N. Sridhar – If Shakespeare Wrote an Epic: Kumara Vyasa’s Bharata in Kannada
·         Bhakthavatsala Reddy – (Pattam Katha, Andhra Pradesh)

4.15 – 4.45 pm:  Round Table “Variants of Mahabharata”
Discussants: Paper Presenters of the day.
Chair: H S Shivaprakash

Day 5
14th February 2011, Monday

10.30 am: Plenary Talk III
Chair: T S Rukmani
Alfred Hiltebeitel: Aravan- Kuttantavar, from Kuvakkam to Coimbatore

11.30 am: Session Ten- Plural Interpretations: Mahabharata in Ritual and Performance in the South
Performance V: Mahabharata in the Kudiyattam Sanskrit Theatre Tradition
Presenter and Discussant: G. Venu
Chair: Sudhakar Reddy
Speakers:
·         Raghavan Payyanad – Mahabharata tradition in Kathakali
·         Puroshothaman & Harendranath Avaroth – Narakasura-Satyabhama Fight in Harivamsha and a South Indian Performance Tradition
·         Purushotham Bilimale – Mahabharata Recreation Process in Yakshagana

1.00 pm: Lunch
2.00: Session Eleven- Mahabharata in the Medieval Period
Chair: T.S. Satyanath
Speakers:
·         S.K. Sen – Ashvamedhaparva of Jaimini and Vyasa-A Comparison
·         Mansura Haider – Mahabharata: A Symbol of Composite Culture during Medieval Period

4.00 – 5.00 pm: Round Table “Interpreting Mahabharata in Performance”
Chair: G Venu
Discussants: Paper presenters of the day.

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