Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal is a cultural institution based in

Udaipur Udaipur () ( ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic cap ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

state in

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engaged in studying folk art, culture, songs and festivals of Rajasthan,

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and

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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 File:Chavanda Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Chavanda Mata File:Amaj Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Amaj Mata File:Narsing Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Narsing Mata File:Kala Bheru, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Kala Bheru File:Sadu Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Sadu Mata File:Kalaji - Goraji, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Kalaji - Goraji File:Sand Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Sand Mata File:Rebari dev, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Rebari dev File:Ramu-Keval Devi, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Ramu-Keval Devi File:Bearded knight with scepter, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg File:Bearded knight with lance, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg File:Knight with lance, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg File:Four-arm goddess on a tiger, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg File:Four-arm goddess on a horse, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg ; Other items File:Ritual pots, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Ritual pots File:Yellow mask of woman, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Mask File:Ganesh, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Painting of Ganesha File:Mataji ka devra, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Place of worship for Mataji File:Woman in red sari performing puja, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Wood painting File:Ganesh and other characters, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg File:Wedding, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Drawing File:Radha, Krishna and the gopis, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Radha, Krishna and the gopis File:Hanuman (Ramleela), folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Hanuman (Ramleela) File:Kanjari, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Full-sized puppet File:Rai, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Full-sized puppet File:Bhopa, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Full-sized puppet File:Bhopin, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Full-sized puppet File:Kanjar, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Full-sized puppet File:Raibudia, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Full-sized puppet with mask File:Design for henna tattoos, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg, Design for henna tattoos File:Hirna Raxas, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg File:Hirannakush, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

References

Devi Lal Samar the Visionary Behind The Bharatiya Lok Kala MandalBLKM
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