Devi Lal Samar
Indian puppeteer
About Devi Lal Samar
Lived 1912 – 1981 (aged 68–69). Devi Lal Samar was an Indian marionetteist.
Devi Lal Samar (30 July 1911 – 3 December 1981) was an Indian puppeteer who was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He was awarded Padma Shri for his outstanding work. He wrote several books in Hindi about Rajasthani theatre and puppetry.
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.
Devila Samar received the Padma Shri in 1968 for Katputli art. He died on 3 December 1981, at the age of 70.
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Indian puppeteer
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Devi Lal Samar was born in 1912.
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Devi Lal Samar died in 1981.
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Devi Lal Samar was a marionetteist.
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Devi Lal Samar was Indian.
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