As much a visual treat as a play, Lead Kindly Light, takes up a seemingly simple yet crucial aspect of Mahatma Gandhi's life — his prayer meetings, which encapsulated his idea of bringing all faiths together for a political cause in his time. Comprising hymns from every religion possible, these meetings were like his balm to soothe the turbulent time the country was going through, director Omkar Bhatkar opines, adding, "Many didn't believe in his ideas. But listening to these hymns first thing in the morning calmed him."

And so, at the performance tonight, you get to watch theatre, kathak and mohiniyattam performances set to traditional or contemporary renditions of 15 of Gandhi's favourite bhajans and hymns, including Kabir's Moko kahan dhunde re bande. "We've taken excerpts from his speeches and those of Rajmohan Gandhi's where he reminisces about his grandfather and his idea of people from different faith coming together," says Bhatkar. "We are tracing the journey of his life through religious pluralism and his conclusion after reading the scriptures," he adds.