Veer Lorik

The legend of Veer Lorik is very popular among the Ahir tribe of eastern Uttar Pradesh.[1] S.M. Pandey named the Tale of Lorik, a national epic of the Ahir peasantry.[2]

Lorikayan, or the story of Lorik, is a Bhojpuri Folklore and is credited as the Ramayana of the Ahir Caste.[3]

Legend

The world of the Loriki is one of many small kingdoms—Ahir, Rajput, and aboriginal—vying for cattle, land, women and power. The Ahir stand equal to the "twice-born" warrior castes, where marriage by capture is the norm, and expressions of strength, bravery, loyalty, nobility, and honor are valued. Like many other epic traditions, it depicts the life of a tragic hero (Lorik). Episodes of the Loriki are localized in the various regions that know the epic, and it is viewed—especially by rural Ahir—as a caste history to which many of their distinctive customs can be traced. Lorik is seen as an historical hero of great stature and the Ahirs' most illustrious ancestor.[4]

The story revolves around the romance of a married Rajput princess Chanda(Manjari) with Lorik, an Ahir by caste, with whom she elopes to escape the censure of her parents and the public.[5]

Significance in Hindi Literature

The Lorik and Chanda tales hold significance in Hindi folk literature. There is record of the story of Lorik and Chanda from the early 14th century.[6] In writing the first Hindavi verse romance, the Chandayan, Maulana Daud adapted the Ahir Folk-epic of Lorik and Chanda into a distinctive Sufi story in 1379.[7] The maulana believed that the whole of the Chandayan was divine truth and that it was compatible with interpretations of some verses of the Quran.[8]

See also

External links

Veer-Lorik-Pathar
Son Eco Point
IBN KHABAR- सतयुग की प्रेम-निशानी पत्थर

References

  1. ↑ William Crooke. Introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  2. ↑ Traditions of heroic and epic poetry. 1969-12-04. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  3. ↑ Manorma Sharma. Folk India: A Comprehenseive Study of Indian Folk Music and Culture. p. 32. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Culture and Power in Banaras". Publishing.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  5. ↑ J. C. Heesterman. India and Indonesia: General Perspectives. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  6. ↑ Ronald Stuart McGregor (1984). Hindi Literature from Its Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 14. ISBN 9783447024136.
  7. ↑ Meenakshi Khanna (2007). "Cultural History of Medieval India". Berghahn Books,. p. 176. ISBN 9788187358305. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  8. ↑ J. C. Heesterman (1989). India and Indonesia: General Perspectives Volume 4 of Comparative history of India and Indonesia. BRILL. p. 39. ISBN 9789004083653.
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