Oct 11 2025 to Oct 11 2025 6:30 p.m.

Price: 250 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

About Vriksha Sakhi:

Dohada is the magical or mystical longing of a tree, particularly one that is fulfilled by the touch or presence of a beautiful woman. A woman’s embrace awakens the spirit of the tree, encouraging it to flourish. This poetic imagery symbolizes the interconnectedness of nature and the feminine divine, where the woman’s touch becomes a catalyst for the tree's growth, underscoring themes of fertility, abundance, and nature’s responsiveness to love and beauty.

A tree and a woman share an intimate, sacred bond. In ancient lore, the yakshis were revered as ethereal feminine spirits intertwined with the very essence of the forest, embodying both its beauty and its guardianship. These enchanting beings are immortalized in temple friezes, depicted as graceful women entwined with tree branches—known as shalabhanjikas. The shalabhanjika, particularly associated with the Sala tree, was celebrated for her playful communion with nature, delicately plucking flowers in a dance of garden sport, or krida. Draped in blooms, she stands as an eternal symbol of the profound connection between woman and tree, spirit and earth. 

Vriksha Sakhi, brings all of these ideas together through the retelling of a popular Kannada folk tale The Flowering Tree. 

It is a solo enactment of dialogue, dance and drama.  It has Prahelikas and Sanskrit verses from wide ranging works such as Kalidasa’s Meghadoota among others.

Vriksha Sakhi is a Feet on Earth Production. It has been conceived, written, choreographed and performed by Pujita Krishna. 

About Pujita Krishna:

Pujita Krishna is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and educator whose artistic practice bridges tradition and contemporary thought. Trained in Kuchipudi and Vilasini Natyam, she has performed at acclaimed platforms including the Khajuraho Dance Festival, The Nehru Centre (London), The Gandhi Centre (The Hague), India Habitat Centre, Guruvayur Temple Festival, SPICMACAY, and the Kaithali Festival, among others. As Artistic Director of the Feet on Earth Festival, she curates innovative programmes that bring together art, history, and ecology in evocative heritage spaces. 

Her original works—Vriksha Sakhi, Swachhanda Vallari, Trajectory, and Laakho Di Jaan—span eco-feminist storytelling, psychological exploration, and collaborative cross-cultural projects. A published scholar and dance critic with The Hindu, she frequently writes on aesthetics, embodiment, and the intersections of performance with philosophy and culture. Committed to connecting Indian knowledge systems with performance, Pujita continues to explore dance as both ritual and contemporary inquiry, shaping meaningful dialogues across disciplines.

Age 10+