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The Indian Magic was brought into the west in the 1813 by an English Captain of a ship who offered a group of jugglers in Madraes a great reward for their performance across the Black Sea. [1] The general reputation of Mohammed Chhel , born in 1850 in Ningala, Bhavnagar , Gujarat is notable in the magic world.
The Indian rope trick is a magic trick said to have been performed in and around India during the 19th century. Sometimes described as "the world’s greatest illusion", it reputedly involved a magician, a length of rope, and one or more boy assistants.
Kumbha - a type of pottery in India. It symbolises the womb, thus it represents fertility, life, generative power of human beings and sustenance and is generally associated with devis, particularly Ganga. [5] Akshaya Patra - Akshayapatra (means an inexhaustible vessel), is an object from Hindu theology.
In certain parts of India and Nepal, belief in the supernatural has led to instances of witch-hunting and abuse against women accused of witchcraft.Lynchings and murders of suspected witches, known as "dayan" in India, have been reported, with at least 2100 such murders between 2000 and 2012.
Ichchhadhari Nag or Naagin is a mythical shape-shifting cobra in Indian folklore. Ailuranthropes (werecats), the weretiger - In India, the weretiger is often a dangerous sorcerer, portrayed as a menace to livestock, who might at any time turn to man-eating. These tales travelled through the rest of India and into Persia through travellers who ...
The trick ends while the child or assistant either climbs out of the basket or reappears from behind the crowd unharmed. The Indian basket trick has been used in an adapted form by Western magicians for a long time. It is one of the oldest illusions. It started off being performed in the streets; later, Colonel Stodare adapted it to stage magic ...
P. C. Sorcar Jr. (formal name Prodip Chandra Sorcar; born 31 July 1946 [1]) is an Indian magician based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the second son of Indian magician P. C. Sorcar . He is also the recipient of Merlin Award in Magic.
Protul Chandra Sorcar (23 February 1913 – 6 January 1971) was an Indian magician. [1] He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television.