Madhyamavyayoga

[1] However, many scholars disagree, and opine that Bhasa lived around the 7th to 8th centuries CE, placing the play's creation within the same time period.

In classical Sanskrit dramaturgy the vyāyoga was a one-act play with the heroic mood, lacking romantic element and few feminine roles.

[3] The play takes place in the same forest in which the Pandava brothers are spending their exile, and commences with a Brahmin family of a mother, father, and their three sons being pursued by Ghatotkacha, son of the demoness Hidimbā and the second Pandava prince, Bhima.

Before facing his fate, the middle son first asks permission to first quench his thirst at a nearby lake.

Hidimbā claims that her appetite is indeed satisfied by the return of her husband, and both families go their separate ways on good terms.

The Alva Education Foundation won the state level ‘Ranga Thorana’ award at the Natakotsav held at Raghavendra (sic – this should be Raghava) Kala Mandir, Bellary.

The same play had been staged at different parts of India (Kolkata, Kurukshetra, Madurai, Kozhikode, Varanasi and all over Karnataka state).

National School of Drama (NSD) is India's premier theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India,The play is done by Sarga Kalakshetra Kavalam a school started under the guidance of Padmabhushan Kavalam Narayana Panicker.