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Terukkuttu: Draupadi's vow, Alli and Aravan on Tamil stages

Variant

Arjuna has a Tamil wife (Alli) in the street plays.

Tamil street theatre stages Draupadi's marriage, her vow (Pancali Capatam), Arjuna's marriage with Alli, and Aravan's sacrifice on the battlefield. Ramayana plays are given at Mariyamman festivals.

Who: Draupadi, Arjuna, Alli, Aravan

Bound to

The Tamil king who fed both armies same-story-other-version

Krishna as Parthasarathy at Triplicane located-at

Draupadī dragged to the hall: the disrobing mirror

Kṛṣṇa sets out as peace envoy: the Pāṇḍava councils mirror

Places: Tamil Nadu

Where this comes from

• folk-oral · Wikipedia: Terukkuttu

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