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The Ramlila at Ramnagar; Varanasi is a unique theatrical and religious event; an annual; month-long enactment of the Ramayana story. The performance covers a whole town and involves an entire community. Men; women and children follow the course of the processional performance; accompanying Rama from his exile to his triumphant return to Ayodhya to partake of the joy and glory of Ramarajya.In Actors; Pilgrims; Kings and Gods readers are plunged into the rich and lively experience of the Ramlila with its svarupas; effigies; masks; Ramayanis; Vyasas; gods; goddesses; demons and monkeys; with its theatrical gimmickry and spectacle and marvels; with its thronging; surging crowds. Performers and spectators are part of a seamless ceremony. Actors; Pilgrims; Kings and Gods documents this unique theatrical tradition.