Design Resource
Mythological Trail of Manav Sangrahalaya
Open Air Exhibition on the Myth of India
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The Myth of Jeteer
This is a story of very young Jeteer whose sister was married and sent off to a far-off village. Soon after his parents left the world. A kind shepherd took care of him till young enough to look after himself. The Shepard later died of illness and Jeteer decided to leave to start search for his sister. At one night he stopped at a house in a village Narul. He requested the woman in the house to cook rice they were carrying for dinner. When the woman started eating the rice she cooked, the smell reminded him of his ancestor village. The brother identified his sister and requested her to come back home for few days. His brother-in-law got furious over her brother’s request and cut his head off. The shepherd ran towards his village with the detached head in his hand. He fell down dead on reaching there. A temple is built in the memory of Jeteer. This myth is painted in the Chitrakathi style.
