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Procession from the fort at Ramnagar to the site representing Lanka, where Ram will defeat Ravan on Vijayadashami day, 1976. The Mahajara of Banaras rides on an elephant, visible in the distance, and the killing of Ravan will be witnessed by some 50,000-100,000 people. [Photo: Richard Schechner]


Patience Cooper in Nala Damayanti


Sairandhari by Baburao Painter. The quiet, speech impaired director's film has a sequence of controversial graphic violence where Keechak is killed by Bhim