SNA supports presentation of ‘Mata Ki Kahani’ in Navratra Festival-2021
16/10/2021
Katra, Oct 15: Two exclusive performances of most befitting show, the ultimate attraction of Navratra Festival-2021, 'Mata Ki Kahani' were staged here this evening at Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra with the support of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi. Conceptualised, devised, designed and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur, this mega-musical theatre presentation of Natrang Jammu mesmerized the jam-packed audiences which largely included the devotee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi.
History has perhaps never witnessed a production of this class at Katra which unfolds the entire legend in a highly spectacular manner.
Balwant Thakur who is credited for having created theatrical wonders of world class once again established the fact that his magic spell will continue to mesmerize audiences through his mind-blowing ventures. 'Mata Ki Kahani' - a unique theatrical experience for the audience, beautifully showcased the popular legend of Mata Vaishno Devi. Magically it transported the entire audience to a mesmerising journey unfolding the story of Mata Vaishno Devi which is a classic narrative that echoes every Hindu household and is a part of every grandma's midnight tale.
As per the legend, during the period when the Goddess was busy in annihilating the Asuras, Her three main manifestations viz. Mata Maha Kali, Mata Maha Lakshmi and Mata Maha Saraswati got together one day and pooled their collective Tejas or spiritual strength.
Today Mata Vaishno Devi is worshiped by millions and trillions of people across the world. Mata Vaishno Devi has surfaced as an embodiment of will, strength and peace. In the present times, when the atrocities against the mankind is prevailing, the legend of Mata Vaishnodevi gives a guiding light to her followers to help her devotees to uphold inner confidence and faith within themselves and on the strength of her healing and cosmic powers.
The most striking feature of today's performance was the demonstration of perfection in every creative department be it the stage action, design, lighting, scenic imagery and visual poetry which left a life-time impact of a highly vibrant presentation. Mounted by over 50 artists, technicians, designers and creative people, this is perhaps the first ever theatre show which was witnessed by the audience at the holy town of Katra. Pan-India audience on the occasion appreciated the performance and termed this as their lives best memorable presentation which they desired to continue for the entire year so over one Crore pilgrims visiting Katra every year get benefited by such educative showcasing of artistic presentations. Majority of the audiences admitted that they were not fully aware of the whole story of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi and after having witnessed this mind-blowing presentation they have come to know about various aspects of the story.
Prominent amongst those seventy contributors of creating this historical presentation included Neeraj Kant, Rakesh Kumar, Mohd. Yaseen, Suresh Kumar, Virji Virender Sumbly, Gauri Thakur, Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Shivam Singh, Meenakshi Bhagat, Manoj Kumar Lalotra, Mahikshit Singh, Kuldeep Angral, Ajay Kumar Lalotra, Sushant Singh Charak, Zeeshan Haider, Mohd. Umar, Aadesh Dhar, Gautam Sharma, Abhinav Sharma, Gopi Sharma, Sheetal Jadhan, Kananpreet Kaur, Vrinda Sharma, Natasha Jamwal, Rakshit Arora, Pooja Devi, Deepika Bala, Meenu Kumari, Monika Devi, Tania Sabikhi, Kushal Bhat, Parth Magotra,Sagar Gupta, Bhawani Singh Bali, Prohitdeep Singh, Diksha Pandita , Sonali Mandal, Karishma Kumari, Mushan Chib, Himani Puri, Sonali Sharma, Tanmaya Mahajan , Nidhi Jasrotia, Sartaj Singh, Anil Tickoo, Sumeet Sharma, Girdhari Lal, Harbans Lal, Maloop Singh and Dewankshi Sabikhi.
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