Devi Lal Samar | |
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| Born | (1911-07-30)30 July 1911 |
| Died | 3 December 1981(1981-12-03) (aged 70) |
Devi Lal Samar (30 July 1911 – 3 December 1981) was an Indian puppeteer who was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called theBharatiya Lok Kala Mandal inUdaipur,Rajasthan. He was awardedPadma Shri for his outstanding work. He wrote several books in Hindi aboutRajasthani theatre andpuppetry.[1]
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.[2]
Devila Samar received the Padma Shri in 1968 for Katputli art. He died on 3 December 1981, at the age of 70.[3][4]
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