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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/15
Title:: मनोहर लालस'
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook of Manohar Lalas containg field notes of reseaerch on the artists of 'Bat' and 'Katha traditions of Rajasthan. 'Bat' and other stories are mentioned in brief in the notebook but the focus is on the caste, communities and social realities of the artists. The last few pages ment...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1980s
Extent:: 27 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/16
Title:: Notebook from 1986
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing names of Rajasthani traditional singers and their groups. Various pages contain transcripts of songs of these singers and other contain categorizations of songs and artists according to raga and region. The names of Lakha Khan and the group of Daud, Kader and Shumar...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi and Rajasthani
Date Range:: 1986
Extent:: 47 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/17
Title:: Field recordings
Scope & Content:: This is a notebook containing transcripts of field recordings consisting of folk tales, songs interviews, some of them conducted by Kuldeep Kothari. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 notebook of 35 pages. Phys...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1990s
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/19
Title:: गाँव गाँव में गंवरी'
Scope & Content:: This is a note on the celebration and worship of Ganvri and the participative rituals associated with this deity. The note also mentions the associated deities with Gavri and auspicious moments when Gavri is celebrated and the inauspicious moments when it is prohibited to do so. The trance ritua...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/20
Title:: नेत्राकाट - I
Scope & Content:: This is a note describing the art of crafting eyes with metal for the various Hindu idols of the region. The article describe a shop the family business known to practice this art in Rajasthan in Nathdwara. The article tells about the process as well as the social context of this art form and it...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/23
Title:: गहने'
Scope & Content:: This is a form and a questionnaire created for the study of traditional jewellery of local communities. The questionnaire asks question about the various jewellery related to various occasions, who is prohibited and who is allowed to wear certain pieces of jewellery and the symbolic value associ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 8 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/26
Title:: सरलार्थ'
Scope & Content:: This is a glossary of commonly used Rajasthani words translated into Hindi. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 8 pages. Physical characteristics: A set of 8 loose sheets of paper folded in order to be us...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi and Rajasthani
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 9 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/27
Title:: खेमराज कुम्हार - मौलेला'
Scope & Content:: This is a list of the legends of gods of the region by a local craftsman Khemraj Kumhar. Kumhar is a professional potter and recounts the mythologies associated with the idols that he sells. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 12 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/29
Title:: माईलौ पंथ'
Scope & Content:: This is an article on the secret cult of Mailo in Borunda, Jodhpur Rajasthan. The Mailo Panth belongs to the Bhangi caste of the region and the article mentions in detail the initiation process and other ritual assciated with the cult. This article follows the story of Prahlad, a worker at the R...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 3 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1153/1/7/31
Title:: मालगांव, चुन्नीलाल भांड
Scope & Content:: The handwriiten page contains information about Chuunilal Bhand native of Posidara village, a nearby village of Malgaon.The information contains his personal and professional life. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original materia...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: English and Hindi
Date Range:: 1970s
Extent:: 2 TIFF images

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