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The Bhoramdeo temple complex is situated in the Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. The complex consists of the Bhoramdeo temple, a dilapidated structure, site museum and dislodged sculptures- mostly hero-stones aligned around its circumference. The site is a popular tourist and pilgrimage centre …
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The Bhoramdeo temple complex is located in the Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh. Dated to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the site consists of the Bhoramdeo temple, a dilapidated structure, a site museum and dislodged sculptures placed around the circumference of the complex. A few…
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The Chitrakote waterfall is situated in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on the river Indravati, which originates in Odisha and flows through Chhattisgarh to form Chitrakote and finally merges with the river Godavari. Its unprecedented scale has often lent it the name, Niagara falls of India.…
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In Chhattisgarh, painted rock shelter was discovered by C.W. Anderson in the early 20th century. He began with Singhanpur after which Amarnath Dutta, P. Lochan Prasad Pandey, Dr G.L. Raikwar and others began research in this direction. The themes vary from hunting-gathering scenes, dancing humans…
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Memorial stones are stele specific to individual persons erected in a moment of time in honour of the valiant dead. These are not devised for deities and hence exist outside temple spaces: in semi-religious centres that are not completely sacred. A point of interest here is that although these are…
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The Pardhans are bards to Gond Adivasis. Traditionally they go to gond homes every year after the harvest, singing songs of Gond genealogy and gods while playing the Bana. In their role as mediators between humans and gods, they are also called Pathari. The Pandvani of the Gonds recount adventures…
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The Gonds relate stories of the Pandavas in which Bheem plays a central role. One of the many mythologies around Bheem connects him to the mandar baja, a musical instrument that causes rain to fall when played. Bheem plays the mandar baja which appeases god Indra, and leads to rain. In the month…
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Pandvani is one of the most celebrated forms of folklore from Chhattisgarh. In recent recent years its popularity outside this region owes much to the lauded performer Teejan Bai. Known mostly as a regional/ folk version of the Mahabharata, its terms of relationship with the Sanskrit epic are…
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Chetan Devangan is the chief disciple of the famous Pandvani singer Jhaduram Devangan. He is the senior most Pandvani singer. He is not only a Pandvani singer but a logist of oral traditions and especially, Pandvani. In this conversation, Chetan Devangan talks about the trajectory of Pandvani in…
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Pandvani are lore of the Pandavas sung and recited in Chhattisgarh. This video presents a rarely sung and little known form of singing the Pandvani known locally as Khatgayan Pandvani. The story, part of regional lore, recounts adventures that lead to the marriage of Sahadev, with Bheema as its…
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