The festival featured 'Rama Darshan' - a theme performance extravaganza by renowned artists in a multilayered presentation of classical dances from India and Indonesia, music from southern and northern India, shadow puppetry and free educational lecture-workshops.

The entire story of 'Ramayana' were portrayed in a continuous sequence of movement-art in three parts. Bharatanatyam dancer and Lester Horton Award winning choreographer Ramaa Bharadvaj, who is also the director of dance for Chinmaya Naada Bindu started the programme with an invocation she created specially for the festival.

Kita Art Community from Indonesia continued the story in Balinese style.  Eleven dancers under the guidance of Indra Udayana, director, Gandhipuri Ashram, Bali and artistic-director Ketut Widi Putra depicted the episodes of the forest. It was followed by hand-carved and hand-painted shadow puppets from Andhra Pradesh to complete the story through the artistry of Chennai-based master puppeteer 'Kalaimamani' Seethalakshmi and her six puppeteers.