Living Traditions of Mahabharata

A Symposium

on the

Living Traditions of Mahabharata

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi

10-16^th February 2011

Day 4

13^th 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

14^th 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.