udaipur

About Bhartiya Lok Kala Museum :

Your trip to Udaipur is incomplete without exploring some gems of Rajasthani folk art. Visit Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal and pan through its brilliant range of folk articles from Rajasthan including ornaments, masks, puppets, traditional dresses, folk musical instruments, dolls, folk deities and miniature paintings. Located near Chetak Circle in Udaipur city, the museum gives you a glimpse into the culture and tradition of Rajasthan especially the Mewar region. In fact, the Lok Kala Mandal is a part of a program that exhibits the best in art and craft work of Mewar, given the popularity of Rajasthani handicraft and objets d’art world-over.

History of Bhartiya Lok Kala Museum

The museum comprises a hall displaying theatre artifacts, an adjacent hall showcasing an interesting motley of tribal folk musical instruments and ornaments, and a puppet theatre that holds entertaining puppet shows at regular intervals. If you can make it in time, you could catch some puppetry, if not, walk across to another hall housing designs in henna handprint, and small shrines of terracotta from the traditional village of Molela, close to Nathdwara.

Getting to Bhartiya Lok Kala Museum