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Photograph of the Jalakeli Choir

Photograph of a performance of the Jalakeli Choir for visiting archivist Mark Phillips, Associate Dean of Digital Libraries, University of North Texas.
Date: January 10, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of the Jalakeli Choir

Photograph of a performance of the Jalakeli Choir for visiting archivist Mark Phillips, Associate Dean of Digital Libraries, University of North Texas), and a professor from the Manipuri Institute of Technology, in Imphal, Chandel District, Manipur.
Date: January 10, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dismantling the Master's House

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Transcript of speech on India's Feminist Writing and Binodini giving at the 2nd M. K. Binodini Devi Memorial Lecture in Imphal, Manipur, India on February 6, 2014
Date: February 6, 2014
Creator: Butalia, Urvashi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: Roman Transcription of Interview with Mohinisana Ningthemcha

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Roman Transcription of interview with Mohinisana Ningthemcha. In Manipuri. Romanization system: Mobile Manipuri
Date: October 3, 2017
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cinema Across Cultures

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Transcript of Samik Bandyopadhyaya's Lecture on Indian Regional Cinema and Binodini at the 1st M. K. Binodini Devi Memorial Lecture in Imphal, Manipur, India.
Date: February 6, 2013
Creator: Bandyopadhyay, Samik
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

On the Translation of Binodini's Asangba Nongjabi

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This translator's note is for the translation of Biodini's Asangba Nongjabi (Crimson Rainclouds).
Date: December 2011
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: Interview with Memthoi and Jyotika Ningthemcha

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Interview with Jotika and Memthoi.
Date: October 3, 2017
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women and Education, and the Role of the House of Narasingh

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An interview with Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi and Huidrom Anuradha Devi. daughters of Maharaj Kumari Angousana Devi, of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala of Manipur. On getting their education, the establishment of Dhanamanjuri University in Manipur by their grandmother Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi; their education and teachers at Tamphasana Girls High School founded by their aunt Maharaj Kumari Tamphasana Devi; and the founding of Tombisana Boys High School by their second aunt Maharaj Kumari Tombisana Devi.
Date: 2017
Creator: Rajkumar, Rajeev
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi Interview on Jalakeli and Organization

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Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya Devi talks about the Jalakeli. She is the President of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala. The interview is in Manipuri and in 8 parts: 1) How I came to the Jalakeli 2) My mother Maharaj Kumari Angousana Devi 3) My grandmother Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi: How she started the Choir of the Daughters-in-Law 4) The Songs of the Choir of the Daughters: The Patronage of the Maharajas 5) How I organize the Jalakeli 6) My aunt Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi: Why she never joined the Jalakeli 7) Where and When the Jalakeli is Offered 8) Remembering their Names: The Invisibility of Women in Manipur's Recorded History The Jalakeli is a HIndu Vaishnav women's performance ritual offered by the two choirs of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala. The main summer ritual is held every year on Buddha Purnima, the full moon of Kalen (9 May 2017) at the Shree Shree Govindajee Temple of the Royal Palace of Manipur. It is a cycle of songs sung in classical Manipuri sankirtana style by the royal women descendants of Maharaja Narasingh of Manipur (1792-1850). The songs praise Lord Krishna and Lady Radha as they come out to play with …
Date: June 25, 2017
Creator: Devi, Thoidingjam Lakshmipriya
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: Interview with Thoibisana Ningthemcha

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Interview with Thoibisana Ningthemcha
Date: October 3, 2017
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: Interview with Kironbalaleima Khangembam

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Date: October 13, 2017
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lyrics of the Choir of the Royal Daughters

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The Jalakeli of the Ningol Pala, the Choir of the Royal Daughters, comprises of 6 compositions. Their lyrics are published here in the order in which they are sung. They date to the 19th century royal court of Manipur; the sixth is from the first part of the 20th century. The first four lyrics are called padavali, songs of praise to Lord Krishna and his consort the Lady Radha. They were composed during the reign of Maharaja Narasingh (regent 1834-1844; r.1844-1850) but gathered in a collection during the reign of his nephew Maharaja Chandrakirti (1834-44; 1850-1886). The first lyric is attributed to Ghanashyamara Das, and the second to Basu Ghosh; the fourth is by Kabi Karnapur. All were Bhakti poets of Bengali origin. The lyricist of the third padavali is unknown. All four are in Bangla, the language of worship and ritual in Manipur of the time. The fifth and sixth lyrics are called rachna, a lyrical form response of appreciation upon listenging to the Jalakeli. The fifth lyric (and the first rachna) also in Bangla, is attributed to Maharaja Narasingh himself and is in Sanskrit. It is reputed to have been composed upon the funeral services of his guru, …
Date: 2017
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Tagore Songs in Manipuri

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Translations of Tagore songs by MK Binodini Devi, Maibam Haricharan, RK Surendrajit, and Ayekpam Shyamsundar Singh, performed by Roop Raag. Binodini translated 28 of these songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore from the original Bangla.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: Mohinisana "The Whistler" Ningthemcha on Family, Marriage and Performance

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Mohinisana Ningthemcha Elangbam Ongbi, renowned in her day as "The Whistler" talks about social values and their impact on marriage and performance. On growing up in a traditional elite family, restrictions on socialising, her arranged marriage, rules of exogamy, worship, and interaction with the royal court.
Date: October 3, 2017
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Short Historical Note on the House of Narasingh

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The House of Narasingh belongs to the Ningthouja Dynasty that has ruled Manipur continuously since its establishment in the 1st century AD according to its Court Chronicle, to the present day. Both the House of Narasingh and the House of Karta descend from Maharaja Garib Niwaz (1709-1748), also known as Pamheiba) and under whose rule Manipur adopted Vaishnavism and became a Hindu kingdom.
Date: 2017
Creator: Raj Kumar Somorjit
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Manipuri Learning Module: Audio of Binodini's Asangba Nongjabi (Part A)

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Audio recording of a performance of the play.
Date: 1994
Creator: Binodini, 1922-2011
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Crimson Rainclouds

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This play is a translation of a play performed by artists of Roop Raag at Rupmahal Theater on February 20, 1966. In Crimson Rainclouds, a Manipuri play from the 1960s, an artist determined to uphold his freedom is torn between his two loves, both only too gentle in their demands, and yet deeply caring. A sensitive man, he chooses art, knowing full well that he lets them down. While Indu would like him to change his lifestyle just a little bit, for recognition and comfort, Keinatombi would be happy to give him the little care and comfort that she thinks he needs for his art. For the time being at least, Gautam would go with her. The play draws on the playwright’s interactions with Ramkinkar Baij (1906-80), the eminent sculptor, with whom she studied in Santiniketan, and who has left behind a whole suite of sculptures and paintings of Binodini. The English translation of the play appears for the first time, followed by the original, now out of print, in both the Bangla and Meitei Mayek scripts; along with stills from two productions of the play and a couple of paintings of Binodini by Ramkinkar Baij, and a self-portrait by …
Date: 1966
Creator: Binodini, 1922-2011
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

M.K. Binodini Devi in Modern Manipuri Culture

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Brochure on M.K. Binodini Devi and her place in modern Manipuri culture from the program booklet of the M. K. Binodini Memorial Lecture in Imphal, Manipur, India.
Date: 2014
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

House of Narasingh Genealogy Tree

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The House of Narasingh Genealogy Tree is a component of The Jalakeli Project, a web-based, women’s oral histories initiative in Manipur, India. As only women of the House of Narasingh are admitted into the two choirs of the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala, the House of Narasingh Genealogy Tree is designed to help the Pala members keep track of familial relations in the lineage of the king. It seeks to preserve their oral genealogical information as data.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Jalakeli Project
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Jalakeli Project: Women's Oral Histories: On the House of Ngangbam

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Sundari Ngangbam, a member of the Choir of the Royal Daughters, reminisces about her father, singer Ngangbam Nimai, Manipur's first recording artist, and her family, the House of Ngangbam to which Maharani Dhanamanjuri Devi belonged.
Date: October 4, 2017
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Asangba Nongjabi

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This version of the Asangba Nongjabi (Crimson Rainclouds) is in Manipuri using the Roman script.
Date: 2017
Creator: Binodini, 1922-2011
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Audio of Binodini's Asangba Nongjabi (Part B)

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Recording of Binodini's Asangba Nogjabi.
Date: 1994
Creator: Binodini, 1922-2011
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Biography of Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi

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Biography of M. K. Binodini Devi.
Date: February 6, 2013
Creator: Roy, L. Somi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video of Jalakeli at the Palace Temple of Manipur

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This video is of Jalakeli, a women's Hindu Vaishnav ritual performance of Manipur, India. It was offered, as annual custom dictates, by the Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala on Buddha Purnima, the full moon of the Manipuri lunar month of Kalen (9 May 2017) at the Shree Shree Govindajee Temple of the Royal Palace of Manipur.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Shree Shree Govinda Jiu Jalakeli Pala
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library