REVA University to present ‘Panchavaktram’ – the five forms of Shiva manifesting the Five Elements.

Panchavaktram dance production by the School of Performing arts and Indic Studies aims at creating awareness about depleting resources and gender equality. It highlights the five faces of Śiva – Sadāśiva, and elaborates on them through significant stories from Indian mythology. The five faces of Śiva- Sadyojāta, Vāmadeva, Aghora, Tatpuruṣa and Eśāna, embodied through the five elements of nature or the Pañcabhūta – Bhūmi, Jala, Agni, Vāyu, and Akāśa, respectively, present the world with the idea of creation with grace, dissolution with preservation, the experience of the unseen and the embrace of the infinite sky. The production showcases how the five elements superimpose each other with ease in their existence and movement creating harmony and balance in nature. The dance drama also focuses on various ways of curtailing precious natural resource consumption.

REVA University has in alignment with the NEP 2020 built the road map of the University; focusing on four SDGs of prime importance: SDG IV, SDG V, SDG XI, and SDG XVII in keeping with this aspiration of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji. As a pioneer in Higher Education and with the potential and capability to bring about change, REVA University has taken it upon itself to disseminate through dance and art forms, the message of the need for human sensitivity to climate change and ‘Yatra Naaryastu Pujyante, Tatra Ramante Devta’ (Gods live at those places where the women are worshipped); of how our country has always considered ‘feminine’ to be more superior than masculine.

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.”

REVA University has always come up with unique performances year after year. This time the students of the School of Performing arts and Indic Studies seek to move the youth of Guwahati through Panchavaktram.