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'Jhaadu' museum in Raj: is Kejriwal watching?
‘Jhaadu’ Museum in Raj; is Arvind Kejriwal Watching. Here\'s something that may bring smile on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal\'s face. His party’s poll symbol ‘Broom’ is the theme of a Jodhpur-based museum.
Arna-Jharna, popularly known as the Desert Museum of Rajasthan, is situated on the Rock Mountains. It displays a wide range of brooms which have been collected from different parts of the state
“We were in no hurry. We wanted our concept to grow and evolve naturally. Now, tourists come to this place and study for hours. Sometimes, they want to buy some of the beautifully crafted brooms : Kothari
Jodhpur: Here's something that may bring smile on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's face. His party’s poll symbol ‘Broom’ is the theme of a Jodhpur-based museum.
Interestingly, the AAP is unaware of the fact that their party symbol has a lot more significance in the society that just being an object to clean the house with.
Arna-Jharna, popularly known as the Desert Museum of Rajasthan, is situated on the Rock Mountains, approximately 15 kms from Jodhpur.
It displays a wide range of brooms which have been collected from different parts of the state and are of great historical significance.
This museum is the brainchild of Komal Kothari, a renowned cultural activist, who thought of collecting data about various brooms being used in the society and forming a 3D encyclopedia about the various myths and beliefs attached to them.
He was of the opinion that a broom has social, occupational, environmental and cultural importance and should be explored. Soon, his son Kuldeep Kothari turned the dream into reality.
“The project started in 2003. We were in no hurry. We wanted our concept to grow and evolve naturally.
Now, tourists come to this place and study for hours. Sometimes, they want to buy some of the beautifully crafted brooms and we have to ask the locals to prepare it for them,”said Kothari.
"This museum hasn't developed much looking at the demands of market. However, we continue to research to make our endeavour successful. Our study is restricted to Rajasthan, still we have been able to collect 300 brooms of different kinds already,” he said, adding that "sometimes people who visit us also gift us brooms and we keep them under separate heads.”
More than 30,000 villages were extensively studied before this broom museum was set up in 2003.
“We can look at a ‘Jhadu’ and tell you which area the broom belongs to," said Kothari.
