Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal

Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal

Established	1952
Location	Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Type	Cultural institution, Museum
Collections	Rural dresses, ornaments, puppets, masks, dolls, folk musical instruments, folk deities, paintings

Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal is a museum based in Udaipur in Rajasthan state in India engaged in studying folk art, culture, songs and festivals of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and to popularise and propagate folk arts, folk dances and folk literature. It was founded by Padam Shri Late Devi Lal Samar in the year 1952. The institution has a museum that exhibits collection of folk articles from Rajasthan like rural-dresses, ornaments, puppets, masks, dolls, folk musical instruments, folk deities and paintings. There is puppet theater (Kathputli) too where puppet shows are held at regular intervals.

Museum

It includes a museum dedicated to folk art of Rajasthan.

Wall sculptures

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  Chavanda Mata
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  Amaj Mata
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  Narsing Mata
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  Kala Bheru
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  Sadu Mata
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  Kalaji - Goraji
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  Sand Mata
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  Rebari dev
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  Ramu-Keval Devi
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Other items

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  Ritual pots
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  Mask
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  Painting of Ganesha
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  Place of worship for Mataji
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  Wood painting
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  Drawing
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  Radha, Krishna and the gopis
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  Hanuman (Ramleela)
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  Full-sized puppet
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  Full-sized puppet
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  Full-sized puppet
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  Full-sized puppet
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  Full-sized puppet
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  Full-sized puppet with mask
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  Design for henna tattoos
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References

• Devi Lal Samar the Visionary Behind The Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal Archived 5 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• BLKM Archived 28 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Udaipur

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