Mangalore : A team from ’Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal’ from Udaipur in Rajasthan, presented a puppet show based the life story and messages given by Swami Vivekananda to the children at Ramakrishna Mutt premises on September 4 Thursday.

The troupe comprised of 13 members worked for 8 months on the project and used 72 puppets, organized by Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, in association with the Ministry of Culture.

The troupe used powerful narrative technique to deliver the conservation between a grandfather and his grandson, focuses the life and message of Swami Vivekananda.
In the show, Grandfather explains the lessons of courage, integrity and conviction of Vivekananda to his grandson Naren through various episodes of Vivekananda’s childhood as Narendra or his youthful days or his address at the Chicago world parliament of religions giving a message of moral to the young minds.

Team has used advanced sound and light techniques and has presented 213th show in Mutt and covered several states including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarath, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu with a budget of Rs 30 lakh.

The show has been scripted by Laique Hussain and is directed by late Shyamali.