Rupa Goswami
After Chaitanya, his followers like Ramananda Rai and Rupa Goswami wrote plays based on the life of Sri Krishna, and many received royal patronage as well, like from the King of Puri, Prataprudradeva, which helped this form evolve further. Gradually this evolved into performances of traditional mythological plays with stories of Rama (), Sita, Krishna and Shiva (), taken from the Ramayan, Mahabharat, Puranas, various historical tales and folklore. Soon the form was adopted by devotees of other Bhakti cults, like Chandi devotees brought in "Chandi Mangal", a narrative poem by Mukunda Chakravarti, to start , the Behula myth gave rise to , while a Manasa serpent myth took form of the "Bisahara Yatra"