Devi Lal Samar (30 July 1911 – 3 December 1981) was an Indian puppeteer who was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the

Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal is a cultural institution based in Udaipur in Rajasthan state in India engaged in studying folk art, culture, songs and festivals of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province ...

in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was awarded Padma Shri for his outstanding work. He wrote several books in Hindi about Rajasthani theatre and

puppetry Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. Such a perform ...

. Samar was a school teacher who learnt puppetry and in 1952 set up Bhartia Lok Kala Mandal. He also began the first puppet festival in 1954. Devila Samar received the Padma Shri in 1968 for Katputli art. He died on 3 December 1981, at the age of 70.

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1911 births 1981 deaths Indian folklorists Indian puppeteers Indian theatre directors Museum founders People from Udaipur Rajasthani culture Rajasthani people Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts {{Theat-bio-stub

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