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Gallery 7 : Symphony-Warp & Weft-Pageant

In the last gallery, the visitors can see a full-size weaving handloom intricately holding the warp threads. They can also try
their hand on the interactive musical wall to produce their own music. The music panel comprises an array of traditional
musical instruments like the shehnai, tabla, sarod, sitar, bansuri, mridang and pakhawaj. The visitor can place a hand over
the instrument to hear it play. As the hand is removed the music fades out.

Don’t miss to enjoy the Ramlila!

Ramlila is one of the extravagant performing art traditions of Varanasi. Ramlila was introduced by Tulsidas in the 16th
century, who composed Ramayan in Awadhi. He also devised its dramatic form, in which different episodes from Ramayana
were enacted in different pockets of the city. In time, many of these localities came to be known by the Ramayana
episode performed there. These included Nakkataiya in Chetgunj near Pishach Mochan, Bharat Milap at Nati Imli etc. In
this gallery, a holographic projection of the Ramlila using ‘Puppetry’ (Kathputli), the ancient traditional folk entertainment
which has sadly lost its popularity in the present day.

Handloom Exhibit Musical Wall Exhibit, with Interactive Projection

RAS RAS BANARAS, VIRTUAL EXPERIENTIAL MUSEUM, MANMAHAL, VARANASI

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