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Mythological Trail of Manav Sangrahalaya
Open Air Exhibition on the Myth of India
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The Saora Origin Myth
Initially there was the earth and the sky. An insect was found inside a dried gourd on earth. That insect gave birth to the first man and woman. The couple gave birth to two daughters and two sons. The father invented tools for farming. He decided to test his two sons by asking them to eat cooked rice. He observed that younger son responded quickly and took the bowl kept on earth. Therefore the father gave his tools to him. He then asked to them to eat. The elder son chose the bowl kept on the rock while the younger son picked up the bowl from the ground. Seeing this, the father decided to send the elder son and daughter to settle in the mountains and raise a clan Saora. The younger son will be accompanying his sister and training their children for several skilled jobs of farming, pottery, black smithy, etc. Ever since then Saora cut the mountains and till the land, and all the other casts are originated from this family of younger siblings.
