In the Beginning: A World of Water The oldest Santal traditions begin with a scene of utter solitude. There was no land, no forest, and no living creature. There was only a vast, dark expanse of water. In this primal ocean, the Supreme God, Thakur—the source of life—first created the water dwellers. The first beings…
Listen to Audio Transcription: Once upon a time, Marang Buru decided that he would teach men the art of witchcraft. In those days there was a place where men used to assemble to meet Marang Buru and hold a council with him: but they only heard his voice and never saw his face. One day…
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Did you Know? Pandit Raghunath Murmu invented the Ol-Chiki script in 1925 when he was just 20 years old. The reason, Ol-Chiki looks different from the Indic Scripts( Bengali/Devanagari/Oriya) or the Roman script is that it is not derived from any of those. In fact, to create the script, Pandit Raghunath Murmu took inspiration from…
Pilchu Haram and Pilchu Budhi were leading a comfortable life in Hihiri-Pipiri. They had an abundance of everything and were content with a simple yet happy life. One fine morning Lita came to their small hut in Hihiri-Pipiri looking for them, Lita said, “How are you, my grandchildren? I have come down to visit you….
In the beginning, there was only water. Deep down the ocean was the earth. As, there was no land, the supreme Lord “Thakur- Jiu” created aquatic animals first – namely the crab, the crocodile, the alligator, the boarfish, the prawn, the earthworm, the tortoise, and others. After that, the Lord wondered,” Whom shall I make…