Narrating the tale of wisdom and morale of Buddhist tradition, the folk and contemporary artists in perfect synchronisation of dialogues, music and dance moves presented dance-drama Dhammaddhaja on the concluding day of a two day programme Madhya Marg.
Organised at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum, the prgramme concluded here on Tuesday.
Notably, Dhammaddhaja portrays the story of a priest who was considered the banner of faith among the locals. This story based on Jataka tale or the incarnations of Buddha which says- Bodhisatta was a priest of the King. He was a good king, but his chief captain swallowed bribes in the judging of causes. Therefore, the locals were not happy with the chief captain.
Out of these locals, a victim of injustice shares his grief with the priest Bodhisatta. Bodhisatta gave right judgment to the victim and spectators applauded it. From this time the chief captain received no presents; and losing his gains from locals. Due to this taking the king into the confidence, chief captain plans to kill priest. Executing this, the king orders priest to do the things which are next to impossible.
Now, the Devraj Indra is aware of all this happenings and Devraj then decides to help priest and execute all his works to give light.
Seeing the priests in pressure and pain, the locals also decide to teach a lesson to king and his chief captain. Carrying out this, the locals in unity attacked on King and his chief captain.
This resulted into the death of chief captain and somehow good fortune the King left out unaffected.Further, defeating the King and his man, locals rejoice and celebrate in victory of good and righteousness.
In the dance drama, characters of Priest by Gagan Shrivastava, King by Suraj Sharma, Chief Captain by Amit Gajbhey and Devraj Indra by Shubham Tiwari mesmerized the audience on the concluding day of the event.
Senior Choreographer and Bharatnatyam danseuse lata Singh Munshi coordinated dance drama. On this occasion Chief Secretary Anthony D’Sa, Principle Secretary Culture, Pankaj Raag and Director Culture Sriram Tiwari were also present.