Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 24: Natrang, on great public demand staged the first show of its mega musical theatre presentation ‘Mata Ki Kahani’ at Abhinav Theatre here today.
Written and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur, this mega theatre show has already been successfully presented for 19 times at Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra. On the occasion, Natrang honoured Ved Paul Mahajan, Darshan Kumar, I.P. Singh and Pankaj Chopra for their moral support in bringing this production for Jammu audience.
The story of Mata Vaishno Devi 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. A stunningly bright light emanated from the place where the Tejas of the three manifestations coalesced and a beautiful young girl emerged out of this Tejas.
The young girl asked them, “why have I been created?” The Devis explained to her that they had created her so that she would live on earth and spend her time in upholding righteousness. They asked her to take human birth in the home of Ratnakar, who was a devotee of three Goddesses, and then go on to lead a life of piousness and penance.
They also told her that once she had attained that level of consciousness, she would then become one with Lord Vishnu. Soon a young and beautiful girl was born to Ratnakar and his wife. They named her Vaishnavi. Right from her childhood, the girl was spiritually inclined and had a quest for the knowledge of the inner self.
She would go into deep meditation and stayed in that state for hours together. She then decided to renounce all worldly comforts and travel deep into the forest to perform severe austerities and penance. This is when she met Lord Rama, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and attained his blessings. She wanted to become one with Rama, as was her mission. However, Rama, knowing that it was not the right time, promised her that he would visit her again, after the end of his exile. He told her that if she recognized him at that time, he would then fulfill her wish. Rama kept his promise, and came to meet her after winning the battle from Ravana in an old man’s disguise. But unfortunately, Vaishnavi could not recognise him. She became upset when Rama showed his true self to her.
Rama told her that the time had yet not come for them to be with one another and assured her that they would unite during Kaliyug, when he would be in his incarnation of Kalki. Rama also asked her to set up her ashram in the foot of the Trikuta Hills and serve to uplift the poor and the destitute.
The prominent participants of this mega production included Manoj Kumar,Ajay Kumar,Adesh Dhar,Akash Bhat, Sheetal Jadhan, Diya Sharma, Mohit Kaul, Ashish Parihar, Mohd. Mohsin Raza, Ashley Mehta, Zeeshan Haider, Mohd. Umar, Deepika Bala, Meenakshi Bhan,Vrinda Sharma, Deepali Sharma, Goutam Sharma, Gautam Kumar and others.
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