Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal – Folk Museum

Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal is a cultural institution based in Udaipur in Rajasthan state in India engaged in studying folk art, culture, songs and festivals of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and to popularize and propagate folk arts, folk dances and folk literature. It was set up in 1952 by Devi Lal Samar. The institution has a museum that exhibits collection of folk articles from Rajasthan like rural-dresses, ornaments, puppets, masks, dolls, folk musical instruments, folk deities and paintings. There is a puppet theater (Kathputli) where puppet shows are held at regular interval.