THE BHATTATHARIS
By
reciting one Hare Krishna mantra a player is chosen to be the
Bhattathari. All of the other players are villagers. The players choose
one spot to be the Bhattatharis camp, and another spot about fifty feet
(15m) away to be the villager’s village. The Bhattathari stands inside
his camp, and the villagers run up close to him chanting Hare Krishna.
Then they run away. The Bhattathari tries to catch them. Any villager
who is caught by the Bhattathari becomes a Bhattathari too and must
help capture the remaining villagers. When a villager is caught, the
others go back to their village and the Bhattatharis go back to their
camp. Then the villagers come out again and run chanting to
Bhattatharis camp. The last villager to be caught is the winner.