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	'''~~Devilal~~ Samar''' (~~born 1912~~) was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the [[Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal]] in [[Udaipur]] in [[Rajasthan~~]] in [[India~~]].He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] for his outstanding work. He wrote several books in Hindi about [[Rajasthan]]i theatre and [[puppetry]].		'''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 [[Rajasthan]]i theatre and [[puppetry]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Devi Lal Samar \|url=https://www.udaipurblog.com/devi-lal-samar-udaipur.html \|website=UdaipurBlog \|access-date=26 February 2023 \|date=17 December 2018}}</ref>

	He 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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81094195/\|title=Antarmana\|website=worldcat.org\|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81094195/\|title=Antarmana\|website=worldcat.org\|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>

			Devila Samar received the Padma Shri in 1968 for Katputli art. He died on 3 December 1981, at the age of 70.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Sangeet Natak: Volume 37 \|date=2002 \|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi \|pages=54 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=STgDCLToHogC&q=Devi+Lal+Samar+1911 \|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|title=Indian and Japanese Folklore: An Introductory Assessment \|date=1984 \|publisher=KUFS Publication \|pages=209 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vF8KAQAAIAAJ&q=Devilal+Samar+1981 \|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref>

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			==Sources==
	*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071212193638/http://puppetindia.com/contemp.htm puppetindia]		*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071212193638/http://puppetindia.com/contemp.htm puppetindia]
	*[http://ignca.nic.in/bibsp002.htm ignca]		*[http://ignca.nic.in/bibsp002.htm ignca]
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'''Devilal Samar''' (born 1912) was the founder-director of a folk-theatre museum called the [[Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal]] in [[Udaipur]] in [[Rajasthan]] in [[India]].He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] for his outstanding work. He wrote several books in Hindi about [[Rajasthan]]i theatre and [[puppetry]].

He 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81094195/|title=Antarmana|website=worldcat.org|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>

==See also==
*[https://www.udaipurblog.com/devi-lal-samar-udaipur.html Devi Lal Samar the Visionary Behind The '''Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal''']
*[[Kathputli (Puppet)]]

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071212193638/http://puppetindia.com/contemp.htm puppetindia]
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