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In Kerala during the period of Kulasekhara there were provisions for
vedic education in some important temples. Br膩hma峁嘺 students were
given free vedic education in the institutions attached to those temples.
Hundreds of Vedic scholars completed their education by the help of
these temples which we under the royal patronage. To give opportunity
for the ordinary people to have acquaintance with the itih膩sas and
pur膩峁嘺s example the learned persons recited epics and pur膩峁嘺s in
temples. Through the recitation and explanation of the stories the ordinary
persons know about the pur膩峁噄c wisdom and Sanskrit language and
literature. It was a custom to perform Sanskrit plays during the festivals in
the ancient days. Right from the vedic period performances were held at
festivals in dance and mime.
37 Religious and cultural activities in temples took various forms which
included music and pantomime, discourses by learned men on religious
topics, and recitation of the itih膩sas and the pur膩峁嘺s. In Kadambari B膩峁嘺
writes that queen Vilasavati heard the recitation of the Mah膩bh膩rata in the
temple of Mahakala in Ujjain. Similarly there were arrangements in the
temple to provide for the reciting of the Mah膩bh膩rata. Popular education
in the broadest sense were distributed from the temples as they were the
centre of such activities.