Ram Katha

Ram katha tradition is pervasive not only in India, but throughout South E Asia

Ram Katha

Ram katha tradition is pervasive not only in India, but throughout South East Asia.

Stories revolving around Ram, Sita and Lakshman penetrate through rural and urban, mundane and religious, sacred and secular domains. They defy categorization of art as folk or classical, rural or urban, textual or oral. Literary, oral, kinetic and pictorial aspects intermingle to generate multiple renditions of the text in different locales and contexts; each rendition with unique local flavour and linguistic distinction. It is indeed the per-formative aspect of the text, which makes it fluid, accessible and adaptable. It accounts for its preservation, survival, transmission and mobility, cutting across boundaries of time and space.