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Performance · Shilpgram

Kathputli puppetry

कठपुतली

String puppets with no legs, worked on two strings, to a reed the puppeteer holds in his mouth

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Interrupted and deliberately brought back — by a state body, a trust or a family. Real, but not unbroken.

Rajasthani string puppetry from the Bhat community: carved wooden heads, wide skirts instead of legs, and a boli — a squeaking reed voice — that a family member interprets aloud for the audience. The court patronage that sustained it is gone and the form survives largely through cultural centres and tourism, which is what revived means here.

When
Daily 11:00–19:00 At Shilpgram through the day; also as the closing segment at Dharohar.
Allow
30 min
Cost
Themes
Puppetry, Bhat, Revival
Placement
This pin is close but has not been checked on the ground.

Part of the same thread

  • Dharohar folk performance

    A nightly hour of Rajasthani folk forms, performed because tickets are sold

  • Shilpgram

    A built craft village, honestly labelled: revived, not found

How this entry was checked

Desk-researched only · last reviewed 2026-08-27

Nobody has stood here and checked. The sources below are leads to verify, not citations — treat times and prices as unconfirmed.

  • field-visit Verify whether Bhat families perform here directly or through the centre, and on what terms