Friday, September 14, 2012

  A priest is preparing for worship of Ram and Lakshman right before the beginning of drama of Ramlila. Ramlila,  a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali.  PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ
 NEW DELHI:::::: An actor, Ravan is relaxing and smoking in green room after his performance in Ramlila. Ramlila,  a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali.  PHOTO BY RAJ KRAJ
 NEW DLHI :::::: Back Stage an actor having a Sweet after his performance in Ramlila to relax  At the dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali.  PHOTO BY RAJ KRAJ




 NEW DELHI::::Actors playing Ram and laxshaman at local Ramlila, “Rama’s play”, which is a  performance of the Ramayana epic in the form of a series of scenes that include song, narration, recital and dialogue. They tell the life story of Lord Rama, culminating with his defeat of the demon Ravan on the tenth day. PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ


 NEW DELHI:::::An actor playing  Ram  from the epic 'Ramayana' get make-up done for street - stage performance of Ramlila,  a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali. PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ

 NEW DELHI:::::The famous Vanarsena (Army of Monkies)  from the epic 'Ramayana' get make-up done for street - stage performance of Ramlila,  a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali. PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ
  INDIAN STREET RAMLILA::::::: An actor, playing the role of Lord Ram , gets his make-up done, while other actor looks at him ,who is playing the role of Lakshman, the brother of Ram in epic. The third actor's image in the mirror is of Ravan, who is the enemy of Ram in the hindu religious epic Ramayan, but here in greenroom they are all one// PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ
 Actor playing army cheif  of  ravana peeping  out at the audience with some nervous moments at  the Ramlila, performed in neighborhoods in Delhi local streets, and help it to grow into an annual learning activity for children.  PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ
  Actors playing Ravana helping hanuman wrapping his Dhotti (Lower cloths)after the scene, backstage after a fierce fight onstage in a local Ramlila performance. PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ

   A little actor,Hanuman at the backstage, describing to her sister about the actors who are perfroming on stage, while she licks chocolate. Ramlilan is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali.  PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ
 Meghnath, son of Ravan in epic, going through the audience to attack Ram's army of monkies in Ramlila. Ramlila,  a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram. Ramlila goes for continuous ten days on street of New Delhi before the biggest Hindu festival of Diwali.PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ 
Ram and Lakshman at the backstage, catching the glimpse of audience, while Sita(Wife of Ram) performs on stage. Re-vitalize the beautiful genre of theatre called the Ramlila, performance of the Ramayana epic in the form of a series of scenes that include song, narration, recital and dialogue. It is performed across the whole of northern India during the festival of Dussehra, held each year according to the ritual calendar around the month of October or November at Pandav Nagar in New Delhi  PHOTO BY RAJ K RAJ 

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