This is a transcript of a story or 'Katha'. The name of the story literally translates to 'Improvisation from my heart'. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: Fle level: 1 set of 19 loose pages. Physical characteris...
This is a set of handwriten pages. It contains the origin myths associated with the Gangaur diety, festival and rituals. There are three stories within this document. The third one is incomplete. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of o...
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...
visit of a team from the National Centre for the Performing Arts
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This file contains photographs of a visit of a team from the NCPA (National Centre for the Performing Arts) to a village in the western Rajasthan, This is likely to be part of the collaborative project between Rupayan Sansthan and NCPA in 196. Extent and format of original material: 1 album of ...
This set of pages contains text of two Bhajan. 1) "Maharaj Gajanand avo ji" and 2) "Mein to amali Hari re nam ra". The second one is attributed to the saing poet Meera. Explanations on both the songs are attached here with the texts. The set also contains a handwritten and a typewritten copy of ...
This is a set of photocopied pages. This paper contains observations and suggestions on the cultural policy of India and stresses the need for introducing policy level changes in preservation and propagation of Indian heritage. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan S...
This is a set of printed pages which details the plan of action for the changes required in the cultural policy of India and her heritage. This set also contains a letter written by Komal Kothari. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of ...
This set of pages contain an article on the general theory of culture. The article lays out the genealogy of various ways the term culture and the theory on culture have been deployed in society. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of o...
This set of typwritten pages are a compilation of a few ballads attributed to local heroes and legends. It contains stories like 'The tale of Motu Sahukar', 'The mute queen', 'Princess Roop', and 'Rana Sanga and Sher Singh'. These are stories filled with riddles and idioms. Custodial history: C...
This notebook with handwritten pages contains texts of 4 folk-tales. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 set of 30 pages. Physical characteristics: Softbound notebook with ruled pages and texts written in blue i...