This version though, is suited for stage performances, and is an hour long. The play is being organised and performed by city-based Udalveli Arts Foundation in association with Purisai Duraisamy Kannappa Thambiran Parambarai Therukoothu Manram, and is produced by Chennai-based Ilulu, a collective that aims at providing economic stability for artistes. “The idea is to take the art form of therukoothu to children,” says Dharanidharan, the founder of Udalveli. “They might have seen or read about it in textbooks; we want to show that them what it really is.”