REVA University is bringing its successful dance production ‘Panchbaktram’ to Guwahati on Tuesday 20th December, 2022. The unique dance production will be held at Pragjyoti ITA Cultural Complex, MG Road, Machkhowa, Guwahati.
The Panchabaktram dance production by the School of Performing Arts and Indic Studies aims to create awareness about resource reduction and gender equality. It highlights the five faces of Shiva – Sadasiva and elaborates them through significant stories from Indian mythology. Shiva’s five faces—Bamadeva, Aghora, Sadyojata, Tatpurusha, and Eshana—are embodied by the five elements or Panchabhutas of nature—earth, water, fire, air, and sky, respectively, representing the idea of creating the world with compassion. , dissolve with preservation, experience the unseen and embrace the infinite sky. The production shows how the five elements depend on each other with ease in their existence and movement to create harmony and balance in nature. The drama also highlights various ways to reduce the use of precious natural resources.
REVA University has developed the university road map in alignment with NEP 2020; Focusing on four SDGs of prime importance: SDG IV, SDG V, SDG XI, and SDG XVII is in line with this aspiration of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji. As a pioneer in higher education and with the potential and ability to bring about change, REVA University has taken it upon itself to serve through dance and art, the message of the need for human sensitivity to climate change and ‘Yatra Naryastu Pujyante, Tatra. Ramante Devata’ (gods live in places where women are worshipped); How our country always considers ‘feminine’ superior to male.
Speaking about Panchavaktram performance, Dr P Shyama Raju, Chancellor of REVA University said, “In keeping with the G20 Summit which has further plotted our country on the Global map and aligned with the SDGs and the theme of One Earth, One Family, One Future REVA University has been staging Panchavaktram in various parts of the country to spread the message of the Indian Knowledge System and of the role that HEI s play in promoting this amongst the youth.”
