Ramayan Mask : Reflections of Culture and Religion - Mask depict the alternative self of man and help in projections of cultural, religious and spiritual thinking. Kathakali is a classical mask-dance form from the state of Kerala. Epic dramas from the Ramayana and Mahabharata are typically performed here. The mask is a heritage of this planet and works beyond all stipulated geo-political boundaries of the world.
Such is the charisma of the love-lore of Radha and Krishna...and such is its brilliance, that the name of their love...has become a sanctifying force for all contact between the sexes, sometimes also a cover for human prurience... The expression of Mira's love is very intimate in nature... Making use of erotic imagery...she is able to describe her pining for him, her quest for union with him... the devotion of Mirabai and Radha for Krishna show the oneness of eroticism and renunciation, and finally, the convergence of both into the omnipresent soul of Krishna in the form of single-minded love and devotion...
