First Tribal Museum in Sindhudurg Maharashtra Thakar Adivasi Kala Aangan Museum & Art Gallery Mob:-09987653909, 09029564382, 09403804631 Email:-taka.museum@gmail.com Website:-www.pingulichitrakathiart.com At/p:-Pinguli (Gudhipur), M.K.G Road, NH-66, Tal-Kudal, Dist- Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India
The Thakar Adivasi caste of Pinguli is traditionally occupied with eleven different performance arts. Amongst these are the KalsutriBahulya, a string marionette show depicting the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata; the Dayati, shadow puppet theatre; the Chitrakathi, storytelling with the help of paintings; and the Pangulbael, a ritual form of theatre around the figure of the sacred bull of Shiva.