Re: letter
debabrata biswas
Dear Ajoy
I am now in Kolkata, I will return back Port Blair on 15th June 2006. I may go to Burdwan but not sure, best wishes
Debu
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On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 ajoy....@gmail.com wrote :
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>Bishnupur, the temple city of Bengal, was the capital city of Malla
>kings. This Malla Dynasty was started by Raghunath Malla in seventh
>century.
>
>History of playing card is almost thousand years old. It is difficult
>to say where it has been originated. According to Rudolph Von Lei den
>playing of Ganjifa may have originated in China and it was spread over
>Persia and Turkey through Samarkant and then to Europe. In India it was
>introduced first in the court of Mogul empire Akbar from Persia.
>
> >From Mogul court the game of Ganjifa spread all over India like
>Rajasthan, Mysore and Orissa. From Orissa this game came to Bishnupur.
>In 1572. King Hambeer Malla was converted to Vaisnavism by famous
>Vaisnav scholar Srinibas Acharya, a disciple of Srichaitanya. It was
>believed that Dasavatar Ganjifa was introduced in the court of Beer
>Hambeer by Srinibas Acharya which was taken from Orissa. But this may
>not be true as it is revealed in this documentary.
>
>Apart from Dasavatar Ganjifa of 120 cards of ten suits named after the
>ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu, i.e., Matsya (the Fish), Kurma (the
>Turtle), Varaha (the Hog), Nrisingha (the Lion Faced), Bamana (the
>Dwarf), Parasurama, Rama, Balarama, Juggernaut and Kalki, played by
>five players, there is another game named Naxo Ganjifa, which is of 48
>cards and to be played by four players.
>
>The making of Dasavatar Ganjifa is confined to a single family of
>Bishnupur. It is made up of lacquered cloth, painted by natural
>colours.
>
>The history of Indian Ganjifa also dealt within this documentary. The
>process of making cards and the rule of this game also shown in this
>film. Presently the art of making is almost extinct due to lack of
>consumer. There is also no player can be found at present. The process
>of making is also nearing extinction due to lack of customers.
>
>Duration: 35 minutes Format: MPEG II/DVD Language: English
>Produced & Directed by: Ajoy Konar
>Contact address: Ajoy Konar
> 11,Kachari road, Burdwan-713 101, West Bengal, India
>
> Phone: (91) (342) 2569536/ 3290870
>
> e-mail: ajoy....@gmail.com
>
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