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Teer Kaban, a quiver made of steel for bow and arrows that Rajputs, including Maharana PRATAP SINGH I, wore on their left shoulder.
Teetardi, a town south of Udaipur, location of the CAVE TEMPLE, which is a popular Shiva shrine of worship.
tehsil (tahsil), (Hindi) the office of the Revenue Collector (Tehsildar or Tahsildar) of a town that was the administrative headquarters of a district.
Tehsildar (Tahsildar), (Hindi) the local Revenue Collector of a TEHSIL.
Tej Singh. Apart from Rawal Tej Singh, there were several leading members of clans who had this name. They came from Bambori (Paramara); Bhadesar (Choondawat); Nimri (Machecha Rathore), and Pansal (Saktawat), adopted from Bhindar.
Tej Singh, Rawal, fortieth ruler of the Mewar Dynasty (r. ca 1261-1267); succeeded Rawal JAITRA SINGH; he ruled for approximately six years from Chittor. (The year 1251 is sometimes given as the start of Tej Singh's rule.) Early in his reign he was victorious in battles against the Chalukya ruler Visaldev, but little else is known of his reign, except that his first wife, Jaital Devi, had the Parshavnath Temple constructed at Chittor. His son, SAMAR SINGH, succeeded him.
Temples of Mewar. The location and name of some of Mewar's more famous temples. Achalgarh: Shiva; Ahar: Adi-varaha, Shiva (nr. Gangodbhawa Kund); Bero-ka-Math: Parasram Mahadeo; Bijolia: 10th c. Shiva temples, 12th c. Jain temples; Bundi: Varuna; Charbhuja: Charbhuja; Chittor: Adbhutji, Annapurna, Banmata, Charbhuja, Hanuman, Jata Shankar, Kalika Mata, Kukkreshwar Mahadeo, Kumbh Shyam, Kumbh Swami, Mira Bai, Nachoki Mamadeva, Neelkanth Mahadev Jain, Parasnath (Jain), Pataleshwar Mahadeo, Rana Sanga's Devra, Sammidheshwar (Mokal), Sasbahu, Sringar Chavrit, Tulja Bhawani, Vishnu; Dhuler: Rishabdeo; Gogunda: (many temples); Jagat: Ambika Mata; Jaisamand Lake: Shiva; Kailashpuri: Eklingji (108 temples complex), Mata Ratheshwari; Kankroli (Dwarka): Dwarikhadhees; Kareda (Bhupal Sagar): Kareda Parsvanath; Kelwara: Ban Mata; Kumbhalgarh: Durga, Navachoki Mamadeva, Neelkantha, Parshumra (nr. Kumbhalgarh); Mandpiya (Chittor district): Sanvariya; Mt. Abu: Abu Devi, Dilwara Jain Temples, Chandravati, Gaumukh, Shri Raghunath; Nagda: Adhabhutji, Mata Ratheshwari, Sas-Bahu; Nathdwara: Shri Nathji; Rakhabdev: Jain temples; Ranakapur: Adinath Temples complex; Sevantri: Roop Narayan; Udaipur: Amba Mata, Ban Mata (City Palace), Bohra Ganesh, Dhuni Mata (City Palace), Guru Dwara, Hanuman, Hazareshwar Mahadeo, Jagdish, Kala-Gora Bhairu (nr. Sajjan Niwas Garden), Kalika Mata, Karni Mata, Mahakaleshwar, Nimach Mata, Pitamber Raiji (Zanana Mahal, City Palace); Zawar: Zawar Mata, Ram Swami.
Thakur, title, a Rajput chieftain and feudal lord. See RAJPUTS.
Thakurani, wife of a THAKUR.
thal (feeding dish): see THALI.
thali (thal), a circular feeding dish made of gold and silver, copper, or brass, used at feasts.
thana, (Hindi) a police check-post.
Thana (Choondawat), 60 km. from Udaipur; jagir of the descendants of Ajab Singh from LOONDA. Their title is 'Rawat'.
Genealogy: Ajab Singh; Siha; Kushal Singh; Kirti Singh; Vijai Singh; Surajmal; Gambheer Singh; Pratap Singh; Khuman Singh.
'The Murderer' (Hatyara): see UDAI SINGH I, MAHARANA.
Theatre in Udaipur. Theatre in India generally was once blessed with royal patronage but despite the fame of national playwrights (for example, Rabindranath Tagore), it gradually it lost its appeal-perhaps as a result of the overwhelming popularity of television and 'Bollywood' movies. However, at the start of the 21st century, in Udaipur, independent professional and semi-professional theatre groups have emerged in a movement that has the generic name of Rang Karma (Hindi for 'theatre work'; a Rang Karmi is a 'theatre person'). An enthusiastic and dedicated patron of the Arts, ARVIND SINGH MEWAR (once a musician himself) inaugurated a Drama curriculum in the Maharana Mewar Foundation's schools and, in 2000, commissioned Australian playwright, Ian AUSTIN, to write a series of short plays for the students to study (THE MEWAR PLAYS). The works are based on highlights from Mewar's long and interesting history. Further to this, Arvind Singh intends to present professional performances of these, and similar 'heritage-based' plays, as an entertainment (in English) for hotel patrons and the general public, during the tourist season each year. He has also planned for a performance venue to be incorporated in his 'City Within The City' project. See also PERFORMANCE VENUES IN UDAIPUR.
thikana, (Hindi) the capital town of a jagir, a jagir being the whole tract over which a feudal lord had ownership. For example: "The Bedla thikana has forty villages in its jagir", or "in his jagir" (the name Bedla also denoting the clan chieftain.)
Thoria Magra, Udaipur; a hill in the northern sector of the city; overlooks Rani Road, Fateh Sagar Lake and the Udaipur Solar Observatory.
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