As the curtain went up to the enchanting music of V.S. Narasimhan, the entire atmosphere seemed to change and the rest of the evening revolved around soulful music and blissful moments of dance creativity.

With Narasimhan providing an excellent musical canvas, G. Narendra, the dancer-choreographer, painted a master piece of art offered with reverence.

Words cannot aptly describe the sincere, dedicated efforts of Narendra which made this production a grand success. If Narasimhan was the soul of this unique venture, Narendra remained the energy that took the thematic event to glorious heights.

The moment Mahalakshmi arrived on the scene, she captured the audience attention with her childlike innocence, enacted beautifully. But the best came when she expressed the agony of parting from her beloved tree.

A simple narrative script that followed in appropriate contexts, revealed the deep interest and care that Dr.Lucille Gruber, an admirer of India, has taken while co-relating the theme with concepts from the Upanishads.

The play focussed on certain aspects of creation and preservation (the sprouting of the plant), harmony (the village scene full of lively, buzzing activity and the young girl's attachment to the tree), discord (angry sister-in-law who plants to separate the girl and the tree), union and departure (the marriage of the girl and her sorrowful parting from her beloved tree), joining together (two villages and two lives joining), misfortune (the suffering of the tree and the man), the dark period (the slaughtering of the tree, and the devastation of the village), Resurrection (revival of both through the timely care of the girl) and finally, the offering (culmination of man and nature through blissful existence).