Red Kavad from Rajasthan

Red Kavad from Rajasthan:

The Kavad is a mobile story-telling device that sometimes serves as a temporary temple. It is created by combining the skills of carpentry, painting, and narration. Kaavad or Kavad is a rich, oral tradition of storytelling in Rajasthan, believed to be 400 years old.

Kaavad is also the name of the medium used for this kind of storytelling. This Red Kavad from Rajasthan is a portable shrine, which has a visual narrative of mythological and folk tales. The shrine is not just a religious piece of worship, but also a wonderful collage of images that are bound together in stories by the storyteller, the ‘Kaavadiya’.

As each door of the Kaavad opens, a new chapter in the story unfolds. Amongst many others, the most popular stories told through Kaavad are those of Lord Ram and Krishna.

Size: 4 x 3 x 8 inches