Ram Katha by Morari Bapu, Tulsi Jayanti and Talks on the Ramayana. 15 - 23 August 2026, Morning and Afternoon Sessions, Sanders Theatre, Harvard University

For over sixty years, Morari Bapu has shared the Ram Katha, the telling of the Ramayana, as a living tradition of Truth, Love and Compassion. This August, that tradition comes to Harvard's Sanders Theatre for a nine-day recital, alongside other speakers from around the world who have spent their lives studying the Ramayana and associated epics.

Each day carries the narrative of the Ramayana through story, verse and song, in a form that has drawn audiences across the world. The gathering also marks Tulsi Jayanti, honouring the poet saint Tulsidas, and sits alongside scholarly reflections on the Ramayana and its journey across languages and cultures through various talks and sessions throughout the day.

Morari Bapu reciting before the Hanuman statue

Session Times

15 AUGUST 2026

Saturday
Starts at 4:00pm

16 – 22 AUGUST 2026

Sunday to Saturday
10:00am to 1:30pm and
5:30pm to 7:30pm, with breaks and breakout sessions in between

23 AUGUST 2026

Sunday
10:00am to 1:30pm

Evening Program

Morari Bapu and invited speakers collage

Venue Details

Sanders Theatre, Harvard University
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Inspired by Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, England, Sanders Theatre is famous for its design and its acoustics. A member of the League of Historic American Theatres, the theatre offers a unique and intimate 180 degree design which provides unusual proximity to the stage.

Many of the most venerable academic, political and literary figures of the nineteenth and twentieth century have taken the lectern at Sanders Theatre including Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sanders Theatre interior

Invited Speakers