Ravikiran was invited by Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival to compose the first and final segments of their grand 6-day Operatic dance production, Ramayana. His Ramayana - Yuddha Kandam performed to sell-out crowds in San Diego in April 2011 and a week later in Cleveland. Choreographed by Guru Rhadha, this consisted of 37 pieces and included a new raga introduced by him, Sanjeevini as also a unique multi-language, multi style piece finale piece to depict the Coronation (Pattabhishekam) of Rama. Dancers included Dr Narthaki Nataraj and Sangeeta Ishwaran while musicians included Dr S Sowmya, Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, Bhargavi Balasubramanian, Ranjani Ramakrishnan and others.