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Yuvakalavahini, in association with Saripally Kondala Rao, is organising the Dr. Akkineni Nageshwara Rao Nataka Kala Parishad State Level Padya & Gadya Nataka Competitions 2007, from 10th to 14th September, at the Ravindra Bharathi auditorium. A total of four gadya natakas (prose drama) - Aatma Katha, Kabir Das, Rangula Ratnam and You - and five padya natakas (verse drama) - Nartanashala, Sri Khadga Tikkana, Ye Velugulaki Prasthanam, Bhukailash and Chiruthonda Nambi - will be staged during the 5-day competitions.
Today, the second day, Sri Khadga Tikkana, a padya nataka, will be staged by Sri Saibaba Natya Mandali from Vijayawada. The play is directed and written by P V N Krishna.
Tikkana was the second of "trinity of poets (Kavi Trayamu)" that translated the Mahabharata into Telugu over a period of centuries. Nannaya Bhattaraka was the first, and translated 2.5 chapters (parvas). Tikkana translated the last 15 chapters, but didn
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