 Bhat community claim that their ancestors had performed for royal families, and received great honour and prestige from the rulers of Rajasthan.Today "Kathputli" art is one of the most popular performing arts of Rajasthan after Ghoomar.Organisations like "Rupayan Sansthan" in Jodhpur founded by Vijaydan Detha and Komal Kothari in 1960 and Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal, Udaipur, founded by Devilal Samar in 1952, are working in the field preserving and promoting the art of Kathputli, the latter even has a puppet theater as well as puppet museum.