Varanasi, Aug. 14 -- Rangshala, the University Theatre Cell of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in collaboration with the Faculty of Performing Arts, BHU, and California State University, Fresno, USA, presented the musical play Satya Harishchandra at the Pandit Omkarnath Thakur Auditorium on Thursday.

Staged on the eve of Independence Day, the production was directed by Prof. Devendra Sharma, Professor of Communications at California State University, Fresno, and a seventh-generation Saangeet performer.

The programme began with Pushpanjali offered to Goddess Saraswati, Pandit Omkarnath Thakur and the bust of the founder, Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, followed by the ceremonial lighting of the lamp.

Addressing the gathering, Vice...