Aru Sri Art Theatre is to perform at the International Ramayana Festival which will be held from June 5 to June 13 in India.

Directorate of Culture in the Provincial Government had invited Aru Sri Art Theatre for this festival. A twenty five member Sri Lankan troupe will perform in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior. Performers from Cambodia, Java, Bali, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Ayodhya in India will also take part in the festival.

The accomplished veteran dancers and musicians in the Sri Lankan delegation will enact the Ramayana Dance Drama under the guidance and instruction of Kalasuri Arunthathy Sri Ranganathan, the creative head of Aru Sri Art Theatre.

The lead roles of the Dance Drama will be played by group of veteran dancers S. Guhendran, Abiramy Kandeepan, Chandana Wickramasinghe and his dance guild, Geeth de Silva, Kalakshethra dancers, Josika, Luxmi, Rishanthini, Sakitha and Subodini. Professional Musicians V. Jambunathan, R. Ratnadurai, Kumara Liyanawatte, S. Dibaharan, V. Senthooran and leading vocalist Aparna and Pratheepan will also perform at the festival.

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