A two-wheeled wooden cart, being pulled by two bullocks and driven by a man. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent and format of original material: 1 photograph. Physical characteristics: Black and white photograph. Matte print. Owner(s) of origin...
मीरां री भक्ति रो मारग - राणो जी 'सुता रंग वाले महल'
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This notebook contains transcript of recordings. Hardevaram Meghwal sings devotional songs attributed to Meera -a medieval Bhakti poet. The songs refer to the husband of Meera known by his royal title Rana ji. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Extent a...
This is a handwriten note on a loose paper kept inside a field notebook. It contains various names such as Kaushalya, wife of Umedh Singh, Maya, Suraj and others. Custodial history: Collection of Komal Kothari, housed at Rupayan Sansthan. Administrative context: Personal Diaries and Notes. Ex...
This is a diary containing Komal Kothari's observations and notes on musical instruments of various parts of India. Since there is no geographical logic to the chronology of various regions that appear in the diary, these are presumably notes made while attending a 'folk' dance and music festiva...
This is a diary containing field notes describing the process and details of the tradition of block printing in various parts of Rajasthan. The notes also describe a workshop that Kothari plans to conduct on the same. The diary also contains notes on 'Pabuji ki katha' and 'Pabuji ki par' which a...
This is a diary containing notes on meetings with scholars and notes taken during conferences. The diary also contains contact details of international scholars in the middle of conference notes. The diary has also been used irregularly as a daily journal. Custodial history: Collection of Komal...
This is a diary containing various kinds of notes and personal writings. In the first few pages are songs of the Manganiar community in Ajmer. Notes on the regional epic, Pabuji and the storytelling form 'Daval' follow. The rest of the diary has been used as a daily journal which among other det...
This is a diary containing brief descriptions of musical instruments from various geographical areas. Kothari has used this diary as a daily journal in later pages. Many of the long entries in the diary are about Nazir and Amy Catlin Jairazbhoy's visit to Jodhpur and Komal Kothari's interaction ...
This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. Most of the notebook is dedicated to field notes and research on Jewellery making and wearing in various regions and communities of Rajasthan. The initial pages focus on the Goldsmith caste Nihariya and its proponent Shy...
This is a notebook containing notes and personal writings of Komal Kothari. The first few pages contain contact information of various people followed by mention of Habib and Monica Tanvir's visit to Borunda and cost analysis of their workshop. A few pages are dedicated to the regional deities, ...