Nagamandala (serpent worship), which was once a family affair, has now emerged as a public ritual in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. This ritual has now begun getting patrons in Shimoga district ...
When it was originally staged in ’88, the Kannada play Nagamandala was an important milestone in Kannada theatre. Penned by Jnanapith awardee Girish Karnad and drawing upon folklore and myths, the ...
The Hindu: Parshwanath Upadhye’s ‘Nagamandala’ shows how life is like a game of snakes and ladders
Sanathana Natyalaya and Nrityaangan, dance schools based out of Mangaluru, presented ‘Nagamandala’ by the Bengaluru-based Punya Dance Company, which is headed by Parshwanath Upadhye, and co-headed by ...
Parshwanath Upadhye’s ‘Nagamandala’ shows how life is like a game of snakes and ladders
Nagamandala is an elaborate and spectacular ritual of serpent worship in Modern south India. Naga means serpent and mandala implies decorative pictorial drawings on the floor. The play depicts the ...
BANGALORE: Debutant director Balaji Manohar of Top Cast, a group committed to performing English plays by Indian authors, is bringing Girish Karnad’s English translation of Nagamandala to the city’s ...