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Rathwa: Pithora Art and Religious Reform
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Pithora is a ritual painting and Pithoro a deity among the Rathwas as well as the Nayak and Dhanuk Ādivāsī communities of Chhota Udaipur and neighboring districts (not only in Gujarat but also in Madhya Pradesh). Pithora is painted on the internal walls of houses in the context of large ritual ceremonies by a group of painters and through the mediation of a ritual specialist. The painting is not a representation of the sacred but is, in itself, a sacred entity (see also Jain, 1984; Gell, 1992; 1…
Date:
2019-11-02
Rathwa
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Rathwa I. Rathwa Religion – II. Pithora Paintings – III. Pithora Art and Religious ReformThe Rathwa (Rāṭhavā; or Rathawa, Rathva, Rathava) are an Ādivāsī community primarily resident in east central Gujarat. According to the 2011 census, they constitute the third largest Scheduled Tribe in the state, numbering just over 642,300 people. In 2011, Rathwas resided in every district in the state except Kachchh in the far west, but the vast majority (79.6%) lived in Vadodara (in 2013 divided into Chhota Udaipur an…
Date:
2021-11-10
