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Palghar, Maharashtra

Feb 22, 2024

‘माझा तारपा हीच माझी देवता’

भिकल्या धिंडा हे नव्वदीला टेकलेले विख्यात तारपकरी. वारली आदिवासींचं प्रतीक असणारा हा तारपा, त्याची आराधना आणि आपल्या आयुष्यातलं त्याचं स्थान हे सर्व त्यांच्याच शब्दात वाचा

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Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda

Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda is an award-winning Warli Tarpa player from Walwande in Jawhar block of Palghar district. His most recent honour being the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar in 2022. He is 89.

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Siddhita Sonavane

Siddhita Sonavane is Content Editor at the People's Archive of Rural India. She completed her master's degree from SNDT Women's University, Mumbai, in 2022 and is a visiting faculty at their Department of English.