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The Shri Ram play, which had its 66th edition this year, is Delhi's landmark theatre event every Dussehra. (Photo credit: Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra)

Namrata Kohli New Delhi
This musical drama is timeless after more than 60 years and has been watched by Indian Presidents and Prime Ministers: we are talking about the 66th edition of 'Shri Ram', a production by Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi.

“For a regular at Shri Ram, there is a new learning every time, the minutest of details when pondered upon, open an all-new chapter for one to imbibe and take home with,” said Bhawna Katoch, a 33-year-old school teacher and theatre fan. 

The drama has performances of Bharatanatyam, Kalaripayattu, Mayurbhanj Chau and North Indian folk dances and it uses music based