Naga-mandala

 Naga-mandala 🐍

🐍 Introduction

"Nagamandala" by Girish karnad is a play where myth takes over reality. Girish raghunath karnad is a contemporary Indian playwright , actor and movie director in kannada language.He is among the seven recipients of jananpith award for kannada,the highest literary Honor conferred in India . Girish karnad wrote the play Naga mandala in 1987-88 .the play is based on two oral kannada tales, which he had heard from his mentor friend as well-known poet translator and philologist A.k.Ramanujam ,to whom karnad also dedicated the play through the intersting blend of history and myth, he talks about socio-cultural issues of the India.

🐍 Summary 

Nagamandala is a play written by Girish karnad, originally published in 1990.the story of the play is about Rani,the central character of the story.she was married to a man named apanna.apanna always locked Rani inside the room and sends most of his time outside with concubine.he comes home only for lunch.

Apanna doesn't love her wife, even though he has no interest to talk with her , whenever Rani tries to talk with apanna ,he shuts her up by saying he has no interest in her talks

               One day an old blind women,kurudhwa comes near apanna's home with her son kapanna.she talks to Rani and learns about her bad situation of living at home alone kurudhwa admires her beauty and informs her about apanna's love affair.kurudhws decided to help Rani in getting her husband 's love by giving her magical roots.

Rani was happy by hearing kurudhwa's plan.kurudhwa have her two magical roots.rani first mixed the small root with milk and gave apanna to consume .but it was of no use .it doesn't work.then she thought to give him the Big root. She mixed the Big magical root in curry .it changed the colour of the curry.she was afraid to give him this Red coloured curry so she pours it outside the home on an anthill where king cobra lives.the Naga consume the curry and as it was not normal curry so the Naga fall in love with Rani.

Naga who can take the form of human being is enchanted with her and begins to visit her e every night to the form of husband . This changes Rani's life completely as she  starts to experience the good things in life though she never knows that the person with her is not her husband but the Naga.

One of these days,she gets pregnant and breaks the news to appanna .he immediately accuses her for adultery and says that he has not fathered the child.the issue is referred to the village panchayat.the village elders suggest that Rani would have to pass through an ordeal to prove her innocence.

To prove her innocence Rani goes to the anthill and takes the Naga in her hand and says as Naga had suggested to her. The turned like a garland over her neck.then it slid through her shoulder and didn't bite her.thus her innocence was proved.afterward , the villagers considered Rani a goddess.

🐍Editting ending by me

However , her husband is not ready to accept that she is pregnant with his child ane truth by spying on the house at night.apanna is shocked 😳 to see the Naga visited Rani in his form.spending time with her and then leaving the house.

Apanna gets furious with the Naga and indulges in a fight with him.both of them fight vigorously and at one point of time the Naga takes the form of tha snake and escapes into the anthill.the villagers see the snake escaping into the anthill and kill it. Before dying the snake comes to Rani and reveals the truth to her . however , after this incident apanna realizes his mistake and accepts Rani along with the child she is carrying .

 

I'm not happy with killed the Naga so I'm discribes second end.

Appna doesn't accept Naga 's child.he told to Rani select only one me or child...if you want to live with me you should Abandon the child . Rani lots of love appna and she knew the reality of real father is not apanna but Naga is father of this child.so.she goes to return child to naga. then Naga takes a form of human and accept his child and run away from there after appana happy with Rani and treated Rani like a queen.rani also happy with apanna and Naga in form of other human and happy with his child...

🐍conclusion 

Karnad through the play exposes the exploitation and incarceration of women that occurs through the institution of marriage and how myth display the men in society and are this inherently patriarchy control and restrict the actions of women. The play also mocks the idea 💡 of chastity and aims at the emancipation and empowerment of women.

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