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The Scroll-Temple
Phad Painting
A rolled cloth that becomes a travelling shrine. Unrolled at night by lamplight, the bhopa priest-singers perform the epic of a hero-god while the painting itself is worshipped — not merely admired.
The region & Mewar
Shahpura, Bhilwara — the cattle-herding heart of Rajasthan.
What it signifies
A mobile shrine that lives through all-night performance; when old, it is ceremonially cooled and immersed at Pushkar.
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