Meetu Rawat: A Historical and Folk Story base Garhwali Drama

(Review of Garhwali Drama ‘Meetu Rawat’ (1982) written by Sacchida Nand Kandpal)

                                    By Bhishma Kukreti

[Notes on historical dramas; Garhwali historical dramas; Uttarakhandi historical dramas; Mid Himalayan historical dramas; Himalayan historical dramas; North Indian  historical dramas; Indian historical dramas; Indian sub continent historical dramas; SARRC Countries historical dramas; South Asian historical dramas; Asian historical dramas )

[ऐतिहासिक नाटक; गढ़वाली ऐतिहासिक नाटक; उत्तराखंडी ऐतिहासिक नाटक; मध्य हिमालयी ऐतिहासिक नाटक; हिमालयी ऐतिहासिक नाटक; उत्तर भारतीय ऐतिहासिक नाटक; भारतीय ऐतिहासिक नाटक; दक्षिण एशियाई ऐतिहासिक नाटक; एशियाईऐतिहासिक नाटक लेखमाला ]

    Sacchida Nand Kandpal (Kandai, Chamoli Garhwal, and now Rudra Prayag1930-2002) was a Garhwali, Sanskrit and Hindi languages and he wrote a Garhwali drama ‘Meetu Raut’ in 1970 but published in 1982 in Gadhsudha, Chandigarh. Sacchida Nand Kandpal wrote the historical drama Meetu Raut’ on the life of Meetu Raut and his son Nandu Raut

                 Meetu Raut was a king of Nagpur region of upper Garhwal at the time of Kanturi regime. He was a philosophical and spiritual king. Yogini, Dakini and Anccheri (super souls) were at his command. When Kantyuri king attacked Nagpur area, along with the army of Raut; Yogini, Dakini and Anccheri also fought on behalf of Meetu Raut against Kaintyura king. Nandu raut died on the stair case of Tungnath temple.

   The drama Meetu Raut’ has mixture of real historical events and imagination of playwright Kandpal. Kandpal tries to take readers to the time of Meetu Raut. Kandpal depicts the physical and spiritual power of Metu Raut effectively. Sacchida Nand used dialects of (Old) Chamoli Garhwal in the drama. The characters, events and places of the drama are vivid.

References and Source:

1-Dastak, 2011 a magazine, Rudraprayag

2-Dr D.R Purohit, HNB Uni. Shrinagar

3- D.D. Sundariyal, Chandigarh

4-O.P Semwal, Rudraprayag

5--Urmila Kandpal, Semwal (Daughter of Sacchida Nand Kandpal)

6- Dr Nand Kishor Dhoundiyal, 2012, Garhwal ki Divangat Vibhuityan, Kotdwara, Garhwal.

6- Deepak Benjwal, Gajendra Rautela of Dastak

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti, 29/6/2012

Notes on historical dramas; Garhwali historical dramas; Uttarakhandi historical dramas; Mid Himalayan historical dramas; Himalayan historical dramas; North Indian  historical dramas; Indian historical dramas; Indian sub continent historical dramas; SARRC Countries historical dramas; South Asian historical dramas; Asian historical dramas to be continued…..

ऐतिहासिक नाटक; गढ़वाली ऐतिहासिक नाटक; उत्तराखंडी ऐतिहासिक नाटक; मध्य हिमालयी ऐतिहासिक नाटक; हिमालयी ऐतिहासिक नाटक; उत्तर भारतीय ऐतिहासिक नाटक; भारतीय ऐतिहासिक नाटक; दक्षिण एशियाई ऐतिहासिक नाटक; एशियाईऐतिहासिक नाटक लेखमाला जारी ....