NOC:Advanced Course in Performance Traditions of the Mahabharata in Tamilnadu - II

Lecture 1 - A Brief Introduction to the Mahabharata

Lecture 2 - A Brief Introduction to the Mahabharata Traditions of Tamil Nadu

Lecture 3 - The Idea of the Chariot

Lecture 4 - The Custodians of the Festival

Lecture 5 - The Festivals as Total Theatre

Lecture 6 - Potturaja and the Anti-War Nature of the Festival

Lecture 7 - The Birth of Vyasa

Lecture 8 - Chandra Vamsam or the Birth of the Lunar Dynasty

Lecture 9 - The Birth of Yayati

Lecture 10 - The Story of Shakuntala and Dushyanta

Lecture 11 - Shantanu and the Birth of Bhishma or Viduman

Lecture 12 - Birth of Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura

Lecture 13 - Birth of Krishna

Lecture 14 - Birth of Dharmaraja

Lecture 15 - Gurukula Parva

Lecture 16 - Birth of Draupadi

Lecture 17 - Hidimbi Kuri or Hidimbi the Fortune Teller

Lecture 18 - The Killing of Bakasura

Lecture 19 - A Brief Introduction to Koothu as a Theatrical Form

Lecture 20 - Vil Valaippu or the Bending of the Bow

Lecture 21 - The Marriage of Draupadi

Lecture 22 - Subhadra Kalyanam or the Marriage of Subhadra

Lecture 23 - Rajasuya Yaagam

Lecture 24 - Draupadiyin Thugilum Parandhamanin Arulum or the Attempted Disrobing of Draupadi and Krishna

Lecture 25 - Arjuna’s Tapas

Lecture 26 - Kichaka Vadham or the Killing of Kichaka

Lecture 27 - Krishnan Thoodhu or Krishna as the Emissary of the Pandavas

Lecture 28 - Aravan Kalabali and the Beginning of the Great War

Lecture 29 - Karna Mosham

Lecture 30 - The Eighteenth Day’s War or Duryodhana’s Lament

Lecture 31 - The Coronation of Dharmaraja and the Ashwamedha Yaagam