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Articles: Folklore | Folk Tales of Telangana
- Dr. Rajeshwar Mittapalli
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What however can be done at the present juncture is to record them in performance and then compile, and archive them. This may, apart from offering the other regions of the country a glimpse of the richness of the culture of Telangana, give the future generations of the region itself an idea of their folk culture and may at some point of time in future even encourage them to revive some of these arts. This has happened in the case of yakshagana in Karnataka, thanks to the pioneering efforts of Shivarama Karanth.
A compendium of tales, legends and stories
Some of the tales, legends and stories listed below are derived from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and other all India epics and puranas but they are often characterized by a significant variation on the original stories. Some are pure extensions of the epic and puranic tales. According to an estimate there are at least thirty caste-specific puranas in Telangana. The origin of these puranas and non-derivative narratives is difficult to trace but it may be conjectured that they originated in the prehistoric past and have been transmitted orally from generation to generation, mainly through the medium of the narrative communities.
There are also legends describing the glory, valour and exploits of local heroes and village deities as do those of the presiding deities of certain temples where fairs are held annually. Chirutala, yakha (yakshaganam), oggu, natakam, and Jangaalu (mentioned in parentheses against some of the following entries) denote the main narrative modes. The entries that have no parenthetical explanation may be understood to yield to a variety of presentation styles.
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