O Mother, Your sacred limbs precede the earth,
So say the silent sages. They are unable to say
anything else, and Your word now comes to me
as this silent state, and reverberates here.
Narayana Guru (1854 – 1928) composed a compact body of writing in prose and verse of exceptional potency. These are stimulating, deep and original explorations, entryways into a profound appreciation of the human condition. Though he wrote poems exploring diverse themes ranging from the soul to Shiva. The Divine Leela is delicately crafted by hand-picking his poems on the goddess described through the idea of elemental, existential and mystical poems talking about the luminous play of the self and the Song of Kundalini.
The evening flows with hymns offered to the eternal goddess creating a melange of music, movement, poetry, and mysticism. The experience is designed and directed by Omkar Bhatkar based on the newest translation of Narayana Guru’s poems titled ‘Cry in the Wilderness’ by Vinaya Chaitanya’.
“The Divine Leela is a meditative experience.”
-Meher Pestonji
“Poetry is the exalted language of sensitive souls which unravels in the divine leela”
- Shibani Sachdeva
“An absolutely immersive poetic experience”
- Dr. Meher Bhoot
PERFORMANCES:
Saturday 10th June 2023, Little Theatre NCPA
Sunday 11th June 2023, St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy and Performing Arts, (SAPP) Bandra.
Saturday 26th August 2023, RANGAKALA KENDRAM (NCPA), VARKALA.
Thursday 31st August 2023, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Thrissur.
Saturday 2nd September 2023, Chavara Cultural Centre, Calicut.
A BACKWATERS COLLECTIVE AND METAMORPHOSIS THEATRE INC. PRODUCTION