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...
This set of handwritten papers and their typewritten copies contains the list of water bodies for public use in Jodhpur. They are divided according to their usage and architectural style namely ponds, step-wells and wells. The information is received from Bansilal ji. Custodial history: Collect...
This is a note on Dingal, a for of rhythmic and lyrical poetry of Rajasthan. Charan community is attributed as the early propoagators of Dingal which was then popularised among Bhat, Motisar, Mirasi and Dhadhi communities too. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sa...
जाटों के आभूषण, जाटों में विवाह संस्कार, व्रत कथाएं
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This is a notebook containing ethnographic notes on the Jewellery and Marriage rituals of the Jat community. The notebook also contains ritual tales related to the everyday lives and the ritual of fasting of the Jat community. The writer mentions the name and details of the resourcepersons who c...
This page contains a handwritten note of a travel plan. On the top of the page, mentioned the dates of the festival of Holi and Sheetalashtami in the month of March, followed by the names of the main places to be covered during the field trip, along with the calculation of the number of days, ki...
The handwritten list mentions about names of persons along with the various information about caste, villages and family. The list also mentions about three different weddings; the first in the list is the wedding of daughter of Bholu ji of village Dondwana, second is in the village Bagor and la...
Handwriiten notes on word meanings from Rajasthani to Hindi
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This is a glossary of some Rajasthani words translated into Hindi and also contains some small sentences with underlined words. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 4 loose pages. Physical characteristics:...
लांगा जाति की महिलाओं के पहने जाने वाले गहनों के नाम
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This is a handwritten list of the names of the numerous ornaments of Langa community women.The names of the traditional ornaments are categorized into head, ear, neck, arms, hands and feet ornaments. Various ornaments mentioned in each category. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, h...