On the concluding day of the Putul Samaroh the bravery tale of Veer Tejaji was performed at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. laxman Bharti of Bhopal performed the folklore of Veer Tejaji in the pull string puppetry style.
It was a bilingual show, the artists spoke in Rajasthani and Hindi languages in the presentation. The story follows the bravery and sacrifices of Tejaji.
Tejaji was married in the village of Paneer, in the early childhood, with the daughter of Raimalji, Pemal, but shortly after the marriage, her father and Pemal’s mother-in-law heard-and the sword went on. In which Pemal’s maternal uncle died. After some time, to take his wife Pemal, Tejaji went to her in-laws’ house riding on his horse ‘lilan’.
On the way Tejaji saw a snake burning in fire and he saved the snake from burning. But the snake was very angry because of the pair’s split, and he moved forward to bite Tejaji. But, Tejaji through promised the snake that when he will return from his wife’s home, he will come by himself to get bitten from the snake.
A few days later, on returning Tejaji fulfilled his promise and the snake bit him. He died of snake bite near Kishangarh and his wife Pemal also sacrificed her life for the love of her husband. That snake pleased him with his commitment and gave him a boon. Because of this boon, Tejaji is worshiped as the God of snakes.
Basically, laxman Bharti of Rajasthan has been performing puppet art in the pupil genre for many years. laxman Bharti teaches with his father and continuing to pursue this art. At the same time, lakshman Bharti has also demonstrated puppet art in the yoga puppet genre on cultural arts forums in the puppet festival organized at home and abroad. Raman lal Solanki, Gagan Johari, Art Chandel, Babulal, Raj Bharati, Santosh Bhatt, Shyam Bhatt and Hari Narayan Yadav gave laxman Bharti along with singing and playing.