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A scene from the ballet

The title of the ballet, Samyak Sambuddha, is derived out of the way Buddha strove for the welfare of all beings . He was, in a way, a reformer of then existing evils in Hindu religion. He gave message of equality, unity and cosmic love to the entire human race.

The characters like Angulimala who tried to destabilize him finally changed with his teachings. Some of them even became his disciples. All these roles found place in the ballet. Kum. Srividya played impressively both the roles of Angulimala and young Buddha. Pranathi was in the role of Chenna, the charioteer who took Siddartha round the city. Pallavi and Swetha played the roles of astrologers who predicted that the prince would become the Buddha.

Seven-year-old Saranya played the role of the helpless swan, targeted by a hunter. Punya, Vaishnavi, Swetha and Pallavi were in other roles. And the prime role of Buddha was donned by guru Ramadevi, who gave a brilliant.

The ballet, written by Bnim and Ramadevi together, had all the elements that a Kuchipudi ballet requires. Srivalli Sarma composed the music and Ramadevi choreographed the ballet intelligently. Shyamakrishna and Srinivas lent their voices.

The instrumentalists in the orchestra rendered the show musically attractive. The ballet was well supported by good stage craft.

A play titled Sramanakam, also on Buddha, was put on boards by Yuvakala Vauhini. It was a dramatisation by Vijaya Bhasker of a novel written by Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvati. Chatla Sriramulu as Suddhodana, Dr. Ramakrishna Sastry as Yagjna Sarma, Edida Gopala Rao as Suprabudha and Y.K. Nageswara Rao in the main role of Gautama Buddha acquitted themselves well. Hyderabad’s Boudha Dhamma Prachara Parisht organised this event.

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