The length and the breadth of Hindu Holy scriptures including all Puranas, including Ramayana and Mahabharata, is extensive. Many of us must have read and experienced storytelling from the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. However, there are myriad of stories and dramas that emanate from within them. Nowadays an era of mythological retellings brings forward unheard stories from different point of views such as from Kakeyi, Mandodari, Karn, Draupadi, Kansa, Viswamitra, and so on. It all indicates that Indian mythology, Puranas, Itihaas is never short of literature for life teachings and entertainment. Based on similar scaffold, there is this book – Indian Puranic Plays by P. Thulasimani. It is a book of four dramas, taken from Tamil literature, originally written by the legendary Sambandham Mudaliar, the Doyen of Tamil Dramas. These dramas are from both: Ramayana and Mahabharata. The book commences with Yayati – the King. In this drama, one of the focuses is social discrimination w...
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