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What is Powada?
What is Powada?
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- Powada (ballad) is a dramatic narration that alternately recites poetry and prose extracts. Powada narrates the great deeds of heroic men and women in a forceful, inspiring style.
- The Powada composed by Adnyandas, a contemporary poet of Chhatrapti Shivaji Maharaj, narrating the incident of the killing of Afzal Khan, and another one on the battle of Sinhagad, composed by Tulasidas, are two well-known examples of Powada.
- In the British period, Powadas narrating the stories of Umaji Naik, the Chapekar brothers, and Mahatma Gandhi were composed.
- During the ‘Samyukt Maharashtra’ movement, the powadas were used as a medium for creating public awareness.
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