Jai Badri Narayan:
A Religious Garhwali Drama about the Story of Lord Badri Narayan
(Review of a Religious Garhwali Drama ‘Jai Badri Narayan’ by Lalit Keshwan)
Notes on Asian
Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas; South Asian Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas;
Indian Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas; North Indian Religious Plays,
Spiritual Dramas; Himalayan Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas; Uttarakhandi
Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas; Kumauni Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas;
Garhwali Religious Plays, Spiritual Dramas
Bhishma Kukreti
Lalit Keshwan wrote the religious or spiritual Garhwali drama Jai Badri Narayan’ just after the
staging of his first chivalry based Garhwali drama ‘Hari Hindwan’. Lalit Keshwan
published religious or spiritual Garhwali drama ‘Jai Badri Narayan’ in 2011.
The
one act religious or spiritual Garhwali Drama ‘Jai Badri Narayan’ is about the story of Lord Badri Narayan. There was a demon Durdam who wanted to be
immortal forever. Durdam worshipped lord Sun and gets 1000 shield. Durdam
started harassing deities, goddesses, sages and saints. Lord Vishnu comes to
rescue the subject and destroys the 1000 shields of Durdam. Lord Vishnu rests
in Badri region and the place is now called Badri Narayan.
Lalit
Keshwan used eleven Jagars for narrating and accelerating the story. Since, the
spiritual and religious drama ‘Jai Badri
Narayan’ is about Lord Badri Narayan, the play is mixture of Parsi theatre
style and modern style. Jagars create atmosphere of Garhwali folk feature in
the religious and spiritual drama ‘Jai
Badri Narayan’.
The prose dialogues
are common dialogues of mythology. Jagars
are capable of creating religious and religious atmosphere in the drama.
The drama is useful
for knowing the story of Badri Narayan.
Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti
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