Harikatha
Harikatha (Sanskrit: हरिकथा, romanized: Harikathā, Kannada: ಹರಿಕಥೆ, romanized: Harikathē, Telugu: హరికథ, romanized: Harikathā, Marathi: हरीपाठ, romanized: Haripāṭha, lit. 'story of Hari'), also known as Harikatha Kaalakshepam in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam (lit. 'spending time to listen to Hari's story'), is a form of Hindu traditional discourse in which the storyteller explores a traditional theme, usually the life of a saint or a story from an Indian epic. The person telling the story through songs, music and narration is called a Haridāsa (Sanskrit: हरिदास, romanized: Haridāsa).