Question
State the salience of 'Mandap'.
Solution
The salience of 'Mandap' is stated below:
(i) The Gujjar cattle herders live in the mandaps made of ringal, a hill bamboo and grass from the Bugyal.
(ii) A mandap was also a work place. Here the Gujjar used to make ghee which they took down for sale.
(iii) In recent years they have begun to transport the milk directly in buses and trucks.
(iv) These mandaps are at about 10,000 to 11,000 feet.
(v) Buffaloes cannot climb any higher.
