Dhola Maru

Dhola Maru
Painting depicting Dhola and Maru on a camel
Folk tale
NameDhola Maru
CountryIndia
RegionRajasthan

Chhattisgarh

Punjab

The Dhola Maru is the romantic tale of Dhola and Maru in Rajasthan. The Rajasthani version is entirely different from a version found in Chhattisgarh. The folktale can also be found in Punjab.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kothiyal, Tanuja (2016). Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian Desert. Cambridge University Press. p. 252. ISBN 9781316673898.
  2. ^ Appadurai, Arjun; Korom, Frank J.; Mills, Margaret A. (2015). Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions. South Asia Seminar. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 203. ISBN 9781512821321.