Kalakeyavadham (Killing Kalakeya)

 

Kalakeyavadham (The Slaying of Kalakeya) is a Kathakali play (Aattakatha) written by Kottayathu Thampuran. Based on the Mahabharatha's Aranya Parva, the play describes the events surrounding the Pandava prince Arjuna's visit to his father Indra's abode, the heaven, after attaining the divine arrow (Pasupatha Astram) from Lord Siva.  

 

 

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