Do You Know About Kavad That Serves As A Temporary Temple In Chittorgarh, Rajasthan?

Kav art which finds it Rajasthan dating back to 400 years is credited with creating a mobile story-telling device that sometimes serves as a temporary temple. It is constructed by combining skills of carpentry, painting and narration. As separate professions, carpenter is called a suthar, an artist is a chitrakar, and a story-teller is a bhat. Kav makers combine work of carpenter and artist, while Kavia Bhats do narration. Kav is me only in a village called Bassi, in Chittorgarh District of Rajasthan.

generational legacy of Kav-manufacturing in Rajasthan

community of Kav makers use surname Suthar and ors d Jangid to ir name to signify that community are Jangid Brahmins, descendants of Lord Visvakarma, considered divine architect of universe and supreme God of arts. y work as both carpenters and painter

storytellers of Kaav or Kaaviya Bhats are a community of tellers who inhabit areas around Jodhpur, Nagaur and Kishangarh districts of Rajasthan, India. Inherent to tritional art form of Kav, this community distinguishes itself from or Kaaviyas who are water-carriers (those that carry Ganga water or Ganga jal). y use term Bhat to signify this divide. 

Being living speakers hence guardians of history, Kaaviyas travel around reiting mythical, fantastical, folkloric, and historical tales to ir listeners (jajmans). An interesting point to note here is that jajmans are hereditary listeners/herents who carry forward trition of Kav through patronage and collaboration.