The performers
Chitrakathi performers- from Savantvadi side different from the Ratnagiri/Sindh durg ones- are those more Deccani?.. possible to come towards Nasik? puppetteers with pothis of 80- 120 pages of paintings from the Puranas
Puppetteers- Nachas. Person who explains the story and answers the questions put by the Nacha- Nayaka. Hunduk( drum) jhan tambura tumture( single stringed violin)- three of four musicians on these
earlier in the same book- mention of- same?- thakars as migrants from nasik and around- in some books. also references to shiva in their story telling..references to trymbakesvar.. etcetra?? check
stories told by them- Chitrakathis from their pothis Lavkush Kand Indrajit Vadh Karna Parva Vatsala Haran Panchavati Ramayan
another kind of maharashtra puppetteers.
Kalasutri Bahuliya[[2]]
rice flowers cocounut offered and ganpati comes on his rat-
then brahman
then two women sali and mali come and dance before ganpati
then saraswati dances with ganpati
then shiva comes and does the tandav
Whole sequence is called Purbaranga
then for comic relief they show one rich person whose entire wealth has been robbed by a thief [3]
Chitrakathi resembles Paithan painting of Nasik Chamdyacha Bahulia