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Baradwari
Community
Dimasa
Category
History
Summary
The two storeyed palace, in the Campus of Royal palace at Khaspur Cachar. Only the main building stands today and the surrounding constructions had already collapsed.
Ha-ni Chula (Mud Stove) in Sheorartal village
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
The traditional mud stove with three raised lumps where pots can rest is used for preparing food.
Rimin.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
Rimin is a wooden pestle used for grinding and crushing food items.
Kharam muri
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
The photo consists of two items, ' Kharam' and 'Muri'. kharam and Muri are the two traditional musical instruments of Dimasa Community.
Khamplai.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
Khamplai is a low height simple traditional wooden tool which is used by Dimasa people in their day to day life.
Thuri, Thakri odehe Khunthon.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments, Traditional Practices
Summary
This image consists of three tools which are Thuri, Thakri and Khunthon. 'Thuri' is a traditional wooden tool used for spinning and yarning of 'Khunthon' (Endi or Eri silk yarn ball) .
Shamtho odehe Rimin.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
Tools and Instruments
Summary
The above image consists of one item i.e., Shamtho (wooden mortar), traditionally made and used by Dimasa people.
Mai rabani haba.jpg
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, Traditional Practices, Oral Traditions
Summary
This short interview is about conversation between field workers and investigator in Marda village.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
This monument is known as “Snan mandir” by the locals, it was built by the Dimasa king Krishnachandra Narayan Hasnu in the year 1780.
Community
Dimasa
Category
History, Oral Traditions
Summary
Hawarma is famous for its oral history of the royal tanks from the reigns of Raja Tamradhvaj Hasnu and Raja Krishna Chandra Hasnu in the 17th and 18th centuries. Presently, these tanks like Baro Hal and Padda Dighir Par have been converted to fisheries.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
The Gor Ail hillock is a historical significance to the Dimasa Kachari history, as it bears its name, Gor Ail (in Sylheti Bengali ‘Came home’), after the retreat of Dimasa soldiers in the hillock after a battle with Burmese soldiers in the 18th century.
Community
Dimasa
Category
People, History, Oral Traditions
Summary
This is an ancient temple of goddess Ranachandi which was built during the reign of Dimasa Kachari king and still standing in the good condition near the northern Singhadwar of the capital.