Kondapalli is a small town located a few kilometers from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Historically located on the banks of river Krishna, it has a mighty fort on a hilltop guarding it. However, times changed and many things changed. However, what remains an unbroken tradition is the making of Kondapalli toys by traditional artists. Kondapalli […]

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Sanjhi Art is one of the many art forms prevalent in the culturally rich land of Braj. Braj being a cultural landscape associated with Lord Krishna has been an important center for various folk traditions. Like art, music, architecture, sculpture, etc. since ancient times. The name of folk hero Sri Krishna indelibly brings to mind […]

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Visiting the Pattachitra artists at Raghurajpur was on top of my wishlist for Odisha. Traditional art or Artisan villages are a delight to visit. To me, they signify the centers of excellence as they used to exist in the past. Everyone in the village is involved in working on the same thing, a healthy competition […]

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My first rendezvous with Kavad was a few years back at the Dastkar fair held at IGNCA in New Delhi. Colorful wooden boxes in bright yellow, red, and green colors caught my eye. With the camera in my hand, I went closer to the stall to take pictures. This is when I started talking to […]

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Madhubani and Warli paintings have become the symbols of Indian tribal art or folk art. You can find them in the lanes of Delhi Haat, at Surajkund Mela, and at any fair that brings Indian artisans together. Madhubani Paintings by Mithila’s Ganga Devi These paintings became mainstream in the last 2-3 decades when they came […]

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As we were roaming around this place from one waterfall to another, on one side of the road we saw some blue boxes lined up in what seemed like uncultivated land. We stopped to find out what they were. Right there on the road, a vendor was selling honey in small plastic bottles. When asked […]

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After Kalamkari, Cherial Paintings is probably the best-known art form of Andhra. To be precise Cherial village belongs to the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh. It is less than 100 km from Hyderabad. On our way back from Warangal, we stopped at Cherial, to meet the artists of these famous scroll paintings and hopefully buy […]

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The terracotta temples of Bishnupur are known in Bengal and maybe a bit outside Bengal. But what most people may not know about are various other art forms that it nurtures in its folds. I was amazed to see so many different forms of traditional art forms that the people of this town are keeping […]

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Trying to find cultural places in agriculture-dominated Haryana is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But then you can always expect life to throw some surprises up sometime. While doing an article on unusual museums in and around, I came across the Urusvati Museum. Which is just on the outskirts of Gurgaon, […]

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