Gorakhnath was the main preceptor of the Nath Panthi sampradaya. While the main thrust of the sampradaya focused on the Hatha yoga, there were many syncretic stands that were drawn into their fold. The Nath sampradaya was wide spread and Jogis associated with this fold actively disseminated ideas…
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Gorakhnath was the main preceptor of the Nath Panthi sampradaya. While the main thrust of the sampradaya focused on the Hatha yoga, there were many syncretic stands that were drawn into their fold. The Nath sampradaya was wide spread and Jogis associated with this fold actively disseminated ideas…
in Library Artifacts
Sua Geet refers to songs sung and performed by women in Chhattisgarh celebrating the time of harvest. Women sing songs in a circle, at the center of which is usually placed a basket carrying harvested grain and a wooden figure of a parrot. The songs are sung to the beat of the clapping of hands,…
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Sua Geet refers to songs sung and performed by women in Chhattisgarh celebrating the time of harvest. Women sing songs in a circle, at the center of which is usually placed a basket carrying harvested grain and a wooden figure of a parrot. The songs are sung to the beat of the clapping of hands,…
in Library Artifacts
Sua Geet refers to songs sung and performed by women in Chhattisgarh celebrating the time of harvest. Women sing songs in a circle, at the center of which is usually placed a basket carrying harvested grain and a wooden figure of a parrot. The songs are sung to the beat of the clapping of hands,…
in Library Artifacts
Sua Geet refers to songs sung and performed by women in Chhattisgarh celebrating the time of harvest. Women sing songs in a circle, at the center of which is usually placed a basket carrying harvested grain and a wooden figure of a parrot. The songs are sung to the beat of the clapping of hands,…
in Library Artifacts
The role of storytellers in transmitting tales and epics orally is crucial, but has been fading from public memory in recent times. Bards travelling from place to place singing tales and epics transmitted these stories but also preserved them in ways and forms that were often unique to their…
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डॉ. राजेन्द्र सिंह/ Dr Rajinder Singh
संपूर्ण विश्व में मानव संस्कृति व सभ्यता का उद्भव व विकास नदियों के किनारे ही हुआ है। इसी कारण मानव समुदाय के जीवन व संस्कृति में नदियों का विशेष स्थान है। भारत के मध्य-पूर्व क्षेत्र में स्थित छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य के दक्षिण में स्थित बस्तर संभाग के मध्य में प्रवाहित इंद्रावती, इस क्षेत्र की एक प्रमुख…
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Arunpol Seal
Image: Women Walking to the Haat with their Produces.
This article seeks to dive deep into the life world of the adivasis through trope of Minor Forest Produces (MFP) and portray how these seasonal 'forest products' organize their lives and connects them to the larger circuits of national and…
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Anushka Rose
Image 1: Ripe Mahua
The Forest and its Afterlife:
The leaves, roots, stems, flowers, fruits, bark, insects and a whole host of components together constitute the forest of Bastar. The animals, insects, humans who thrive in the ecology come together in their ever changing configurations to…
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