Panchkula, Sept. 26 -- The buzz around tricity's first-ever indoor all women-led Ramlila was evident on its opening night on Tuesday.

A a young girl's cry inside the Indradhanush Auditorium in Panchkula's Sector 5 summed it up. Upset with her mother for arriving late, she regretted missing Ravan's dramatic entry.

Staged by NGO Jadon se Judoo in collaboration with Reeshan Foundation, the production has already set a cultural milestone for the region.

Since September 23, the vast Indradhanush Auditorium-built to seat nearly 1,500 people-has echoed with chants of "Jai Shri Ram" as over 80 women-from homemakers to professionals and students-bring the epic alive on stage.

Abha Shukla as Ram, Pallavi as Lakshman, Janvi Nagpal as Hanuman and...