Bhelsar/Ayodhya, Amrit Vichar. The historical Ramlila was staged by the Ramlila Committee in Rudauli on the fifth day of Ram’s departure and Dashrath’s death. It was shown in the staging that King Dashrath one day sees some of his gray hair in the mirror and after consulting Guru Vashishtha, he decides to hand over the throne of Ayodhya to Ram. With this information, a festive atmosphere was created in the whole of Ayodhya and all the people of Ayodhya were shown happy.
On the request of the gods, Mother Saraswati confused the intellect of Kaikai’s maid Manthara by sitting on his tongue. Manthara, with her deceitful words, dissuaded Kaikeyi and convinced him to seek a boon from King Dasharatha. Kaikeyi asked King Dasharatha for the boon of exile for Ram and the throne for Bharat. Even after much understanding from Dashrath, the queen remained adamant. Brij Kishore played Dashrath and Sandeep Shukla played Kaikeyi. Dasharatha’s dialogues were liked very much by the audience.
Following the tradition of Raghukul, King Dashrath grants a boon to Queen Kaikeyi. Following the orders of their mother, Lord Shri Ram, Mata Janaki and Lakshman leave for the forest. When the residents of the city get to know this information from the Raj Bhawan, the entire city of Ayodhya becomes distraught. Shri Ram reaches Kevat after crossing the Saryu river. Ram ji requests to cross the river, but the boatman says yes but does not go further. When Shri Ram introduced himself to the boatman, the boatman ran away.
It is said that you are the same Ram by whose touch the rock became a woman. God, my boat is made of wood, if I become a woman or change my mind then how will I be able to support my family? On this, Lord Shri Ram understands the feelings of the boatman and explains that after this the boatman should wash his feet. The Lord embraces the boatman and moves forward in his boat to help him cross the river and sings ‘Meri Naao Mein Sitaram Nadiya Dheere Bahaon’, a bhajan the audience likes very much. Tushar Garg played Sumant, Akshat Chaurasia played Kaushalya, Raj Soni played Sumitra, Sanjay Vishwakarma played Nishad Raj and Rajkumar played Manthara and Kewat. In the end, the lively rendition of Dasharatha’s lamentation brought tears from the eyes of the audience.
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