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SUMMARY:40th Symposium On Living Traditions Of Mahabharata
DESCRIPTION:Like its earlier online Symposium on the Living Traditions of Ramayana\, INDICA is now organizing it’s 40th online Symposium on the Living Traditions of Mahabharata on the 22nd June\, 2025. \nThis Symposium\, like the earlier one\, shows how the texts like Mahabharata live among Hindus through their rituals\, performing and fine arts and other cultural traditions and not just in textual form\, compelling cultural sensitivity among those who study these texts. \nExpert scholars are going to deliver talks on folk narrative performances of sacred caste narratives or jaati puranas employing folk paintings\, folk theatrical worship ritual in villages re-enacting Mahabharata\, large scale community folk ritual worship of virtue and valour of Mahbharata characters in a top metro city\, Forest dweller ritual theatre of Mahabharata in a north Indian hilly region\, household worship of a Mahabharata hero as a household deity\, worship of the same hero as a Tantric deity in Nepal\, Modern time classical music theatre of Mahabharata\, Modern theatrical performances based on Mahabharata and a TV serial of Mahabharata. \nSCHEDULE \n\n\n\n\n\nTime Slot\nScholar\nTitle\n\n\n\n\n9:00-9:45\nDr. Nagaraj Paturi \nKulapati | Vice Chancellor\, INDICA\nOverview Of The Symposium\n\n\n\n\n9:45-10:30\nDr. Sushumna Kannan\nScholar-in-Residence\, INDICA\nDistortion By Exclusion In Bhisham Sahni’s Madhavi\n\n\n\n\n10:30-11:15\nProf. Pulikonda Subbachary\nRetd. Professor\, Head & Dean\nThe Sacred Scrolls And Visual Narration Of Mahabharata\n\n\n\n\n11:15-12:00\nProf. Ajay Chaturvedi Banker-Banker-Turned-Author | Founder\, HarVa | Time Theorist | Kullhad Economy Architect\nTV Serial Mahabharata And The Aptness Of Time As Narrator In It\n\n\n\n\n12:00-12:45\nDr. Nagaraj Paturi\nKulapati | Vice Chancellor\, INDICA\nMahabharata Padya Natakams\n\n\n\n\n12:45-1:30\nProf. Madabhushi Sampath Kumar \nDirector\, Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Telugu\nMahabharata – A Unique Play In Chittoor District\n\n\n\n\n1:30-2:15\nSri Pranshu B Saxena\nAuthor\nPandav Lila Garwhal\n\n\n\n\n2:15-3:00\nSri Sivasankar Babu\nChief Mentor\, Babu4Heritage Initiatives\, Heritage Awareness Speaker\, Tamil Heritage Trust\nThe Cult Of Aravan & The 18 Days Festival By Transgenders At Villuppuram\n\n\n\n\n3:00-3:45\nSri Shivakumar GV \nDirector\, IKS Changemakers\, INDICA (Guru-Sadhaka Sachiva)\nBengaluru Karaga As Living Tradition Of Mahabharata\n\n\n\n\n3:45-4:30\nDr. B. C. Anish Krishnan Nayar \nIndependent Researcher\nThe Cult Of Bhimasena: From Karnataka To Kathmandu\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://indica.events/event/40thsymposium-on-living-traditions-of-mahabharata/
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