Taledanda is about the rise of of Lingayatism

Taledanda

, is a Kannada play written by Dr. Girish Karnad, about the rise of the radical protest and reform movement,

Lingayatism

, in the 12th century Karnataka. This play, written by Girish Karnad is being adapted and performed at Rangashankara tomorrow and has been directed by Sandeep Pai S.

Written in 1990 in the backdrop of mandir-mandal conflict, the play draws parallel between the socio-religious

political

and

economic

condition of existing times and southern India in the 12th century A.D. during the Bhakthi movement. Events take a violent turn when they act on their beliefs and a Brahmin girl marries a low caste boy. What happens thereafter forms the rest of the play which deals with times during which a vibrant, prosperous society plunged into anarchy and terror.