Les bayadères

About the show

In 1682 at Benares, Rajah Démaly loves Laméa, a bayadere forbidden to marry. Mahratta general Olkar captures the city and imprisons Démaly. Laméa tricks Olkar and the bayaderes disarm the occupiers during a celebration, enabling a rescue army to defeat them. Démaly is supposedly dying from a poisoned arrow, and Laméa’s vow is released when Hyderam says Vishnu once married a bayadere; the couple marry.