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==                                                          Shakuntala and Dushyanta == A number of cultural events took place at the ashram of Shukracharya. There was a big gathering to watch these events. The stage was fully decorated to stage dance drama of Shakuntala and Dushyanta. The dance story of Shakuntala and King Dushyant began. The dainty looking Shakuntala donned by Devayani. The dynamic dance of Kacha as King Dushyanta was beautiful. The team dance of Kacha and Devayani was in absolute synchronization to enliven this ancient story was simply mesmerizing and vibrant. 

                    The audiences were spell bounded by the real looking sets, elegant costumes, and marvelous dances, original music to present this exquisite love story was no surprise that the night was filled with excitement. The play elaborates upon an episode in Mahabharata where the protagonist Shakuntala, abandoned at birth by her parents Vishwamitra and Apsara Menaka, was brought up in the hermitage of sage Kanva. Hastinapura King Dushyanta, who ventures into the forest for hunting strays into the hermitage when the sage is away on a pilgrimage and is floored by the beauty of Shakuntala. He courts her in royal style and marries her by gifting a ring and asks her to show it when she visits his kingdom. Read the King Yayati to know more on this epic story...Sivkishen, Author