Mohammed Aslam, a resident of the walled city, conducts many fairs across the Hindi heartland but says he is happiest during Ramlila because of the joy and brotherhood the festival binds people with. Luv Kush Ramlila is held at the iconic Lal Qila (Red Fort) every year and thousands of people gather at the Mughal-era fort to eagerly watch the pages of Ramayana come to life.
This comes a day after a 50-year-old man playing the role of 'Hanuman' died during his performance in 'Lanka Dahan' episode of Ramlila in Fatehpur district.
The incident took place on Monday evening. The fire was caused by a short circuit and reduced the pandal to ashes. However, no one was injured.
Many Bollywood celebrities like Deblina Chatterjee (Sita), Raghav Tiwari (Ram), Akhilendra Mishra (Ravan), Arun Mandola (Lakshman), Nirbhay Wadhwa (Hanuman), Kewat (Manoj Tiwari), Mandodari (Amita Nangia), Manish Chaturvedi (Shiva) Mohit Tyagi (Vibhishana) among others will be seen in coming days in the Ramlila at Red Fort.
Wooden puppets will enact Ramlila in the holy city this year and the same will be broadcast on the social media site every day from September 30 to October 30.
It was only well into the 20th century that the Ramlila as we see it now began to be celebrated at present-day sites.
Once a popular source of entertainment across the Capital, Ramlila is losing its sheen year-by-year. What ails this most popular performance that it has no takers today? Rakesh Kumar explores.
An actor who played Ravan at one of the Ramlila events in Amritsar was among the 59 people killed in the tragic train mishap at Joda Phatak area of the city on Friday night.
The Ravana effigy at a Ramlila venue in the Red Fort grounds got uprooted hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Ramlila began to be celebrated in the Walled City some 350 years ago when Shahjahanabad came into being though Mehrauli…
