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On the Stamp
Panels from a painted scroll, with Dev Narayan at the centre, a black cobra rising before him, and scenes of his story on either side, with the words “Phad Painting: Dev Narayan” in Hindi and English, on a ₹5 stamp.
Phad Painting
India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 2 September 1992. A phad is a large painted scroll from Rajasthan that tells the stories of folk heroes such as Dev Narayan and Pabuji. Dev Narayan sits at the centre, with a cobra in front of him that stands for Basag Nag, the king of snakes, a flower in one hand and a sword in the other. Priest-singers called Bhopas perform the story at night, lighting each scene with a lamp, to the sound of a stringed instrument called the jantar.
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