Photo – The Unknown Musician – Rajasthan, India
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During medieval times, Jaisalmer was a stop on the camel routes across the Thar desert. After independence, Jaisalmer gained strategic importance being in the middle of the Thar Desert and close to the border of Pakistan. This “unknown musician” was playing on the banks of the Gadisar Lake (‘Sar’ is lake in Marwari and is derived from ‘Sarovar’ in Sanskrit) in Jaisalmer, playing mellifluous music on his Dotaar. The Do-taar – literally “two-stringed” is a cousin of the Sarangi.
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