Dhanu Yatra relating to the episode of Lord Krishna 'svisit to Mathura to witness the ceremony of 'Bow' and eventually kill the Demon king Kansa is re - enacted in the form of a folk play on natural settings at Bargarh. The town of Bargarh becomes Mathura, the river Jira becomes Yamuna and the village, Amapalli on the other bank of the river becomes Gopa. Different acts of the Puranic descriptions are performed at their right places and the spectators move from place to place to see the performance. It is the largest open - air theatre of the World, spread over five km. radius with the largest cast as even the spectators are treated as characters. It starts from the 5th day of the bright half of Pausa with the marriage ceremony of Basudev & Devaki and ends on the full moon day with the death of Kansa.
