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 and to popularise and propagate folk arts, folk dances and folk literature. It was set up in 1952 by Devilal Samar. 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 interval.

Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal recently performed in Toronto Canada at the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga. They brought the Life of Swami Vivekananda and his message alive. Everyone in attendance enjoyed it.

Museum

It includes a museum dedicated to folk art of Rajasthan.

Wall sculptures

• Chavanda Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Chavanda Mata

• Amaj Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Amaj Mata

• Narsing Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Narsing Mata

• Kala Bheru, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Kala Bheru

• Sadu Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Sadu Mata

• Kalaji - Goraji, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Kalaji - Goraji

• Sand Mata, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Sand Mata

• Rebari dev, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Rebari dev

• Ramu-Keval Devi, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Ramu-Keval Devi

• Bearded knight with scepter, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg
• Bearded knight with lance, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg
• Knight with lance, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg
• Four-arm goddess on a tiger, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg
• Four-arm goddess on a horse, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

Other items

• Ritual pots, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Ritual pots

• Yellow mask of woman, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Mask

• Ganesh, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Painting of Ganesha

• Mataji ka devra, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Place of worship for Mataji

• Woman in red sari performing puja, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Wood painting

• Ganesh and other characters, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg
• Wedding, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Drawing

• Radha, Krishna and the gopis, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Radha, Krishna and the gopis

• Hanuman (Ramleela), folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Hanuman (Ramleela)

• Kanjari, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Full-sized puppet

• Rai, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Full-sized puppet

• Bhopa, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Full-sized puppet

• Bhopin, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Full-sized puppet

• Kanjar, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Full-sized puppet

• Raibudia, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Full-sized puppet with mask

• Design for henna tattoos, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

  Design for henna tattoos

• Hirna Raxas, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg
• Hirannakush, folk art, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, Udaipur, India.jpg

References

• BLKM
• Udaipur