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The '''Dhola Maru''' is the romantic tale of Dhola and Maru in [[Rajasthan]]. The Rajasthani version is entirely different from a version found in Chhattisgarh. | The '''Dhola Maru''' is the romantic tale of Dhola and Maru in [[Rajasthan]]. The Rajasthani version is entirely different from a version found in Chhattisgarh. | ||
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'''Rajasthani Version:''' | '''Rajasthani Version:''' | ||
This is a love story of | This is a love story of [[Kachhwaha]] prince Dhola of [[Narwar]] and [[Poogal]] princess Maru. The couple is married in their childhood. Later the father of Dhola, the king Nal, died and Dhola forgot the marriage and got married again to Malwani. Maru sent many messages to Dhola, but all were destroyed by Malwani.then she came with a plan to reach dhola and sent her messages that she is her first wife who has child marriage with her ( illegal now) and now I have changed my mind , I wanted to be independent. She want to stand on her and wanted to do something for her people .so I wanted to end this relationship that ' s why I want to meet you but I think somebody block my messages intentionally. | ||
A group of folk singers from Poogal visited the Narwar and told Dhola about his first wife Maru. Dhola made a perilous journey and faced many obstacles, and his wife Malwani also tried to stop him from going. He arrived at Poogal and Dhola and Maru were united at last. | A group of folk singers from Poogal visited the Narwar and told Dhola about his first wife Maru. Dhola made a perilous journey and faced many obstacles, and his wife Malwani also tried to stop him from going. He arrived at Poogal and Dhola and Maru were united at last. | ||
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This reply pierced Rewa's heart like an arrow and filled it with ocean of remorse. Struck by heart-pinching reply, and rejection, she returned to her home and committed suicide by jumping into the well in her family garden called kola in Chhattisgarhi. When her soul reaches heaven, she is confronted by God there as to how come she returned to heaven before completing her actual duration of life-span. She narrates her story of being rejected by Dhola. So God asked her what | This reply pierced Rewa's heart like an arrow and filled it with ocean of remorse. Struck by heart-pinching reply, and rejection, she returned to her home and committed suicide by jumping into the well in her family garden called kola in Chhattisgarhi. When her soul reaches heaven, she is confronted by God there as to how come she returned to heaven before completing her actual duration of life-span. She narrates her story of being rejected by Dhola. So God asked her what she wanted. Rewa replied that she wanted Dhola to be her husband. In reply to her request, God said that Dhola is already destined to be husband of Maaru, and thus Rewa cannot have Dhola as her husband for the life-time but only for 12 years. And the story turns to after-birth of Dhola, Maaru and Rewa, where Dhola and Maaru are married in the childhood. | ||
Mother Damyanti keeps warning her son Dhola that he can go to roam around every para (caste-based locality) of the village except Malhin para (Malhin is the caste which sell flower and their main profession is gardening). However, Dhola does not listen to her and goes to roam around Malhin para and is there confronted by a parrot who challenges him by saying: | Mother Damyanti keeps warning her son Dhola that he can go to roam around every para (caste-based locality) of the village except Malhin para (Malhin is the caste which sell flower and their main profession is gardening). However, Dhola does not listen to her and goes to roam around Malhin para and is there confronted by a parrot who challenges him by saying: | ||
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== In popular culture == | == In popular culture == | ||
The folktale has been adapted into the Indian films: ''Dhola Maru'' (1956) by N. R. Acharya, ''Dhola Maru'' (1983) by [[Mehul Kumar]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|accessdate=12 August 2012|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref> | The folktale has been adapted into the Indian films: ''Dhola Maru'' (1956) by N. R. Acharya, ''Dhola Maru'' (1983) by [[Mehul Kumar]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|accessdate=12 August 2012|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851706696 }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||