Karnad has penned his plays in Kannada translated them into English. The play is based on the myth of ‘Cock of Dough’, which he came to know during his teenage. It deals with the theme of violence versus non-violence and Brahminism versus Jainism. The play is considered as a tribute to Mahatama Gandhi, the father of our Indian nation. The act of sacrificing animals and birds is an age-old tradition in Brahminism. They offer animals and birds to please and propitiate gods and goddesses. Buddhism and Jainism condemn violence in any form. The playwright takes up the issue of non-violence in a unique way. This paper talks about the Woman in the play Bali: The Sacrifice. It deals with concept of woman emancipating herself in questioning the patriarchal rules. Woman here raise her voice on the irrational traditional patriarchal acts in the name of religion.