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A petition from Nānī Bābu Śreṣṭha requesting the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Office to increase his remuneration (VS 1983)

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Identifier: K_0199_0023
Title: A petition from Nānī Bābu Śreṣṭha requesting the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Office to increase his remuneration (VS 1983)
Type, original: unspecified

Content

Abstract: This is a petition submitted to the Guṭhī Jā̃ca Office by Nānī Bābu Śṛeṣṭha, a team leader of the devotional singers of the Tripureśvara Mahādeva Guṭhī set up by Queen Tripurasundarī. He supplicates to the offices that his remuneration should be increased more than usual as he has been appointed a head of the chorus (bhajana) and more materials of the deity be entrusted to him in addition to 8 items already delivered.
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Date

Date: VS 1983 Śrāvaṇa unspecified 27 Wednesday
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Script and language

Language, script: Nepali; Devanagari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 23.00; 34.00; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; loose; brown
Condition: unspecified; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Bhadrakālī; Tripureśvara Mahādeva Bhajana Guṭhī, Tripureśvara, Kathmandu; Gu. Jā. Po. 2
Source and details: NGMPP catalogue card; Microfilmed on 20/11/1991 as NGMPP K 199/23
Running no., exposures: K 10972

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/8/16, 12:00 AM; 3/27/23, 9:26 AM; 18
Notes:
Technical terms: bhajana

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