Madhubani paintings are the most prominent art from the Mithila region of Bihar. Madhubani is a town in Mithila that played its role in taking this local art form global so Madhubani Paintings is the name that the world knows. Brief History of Mithila The Mithila region of Bihar lies mostly between the north banks […]

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Nawalgarh was the first Shekhawati town I visited. It was my first stop while driving from Pushkar to Bagad near Jhunjhunu. You can say this place was my introduction to the beautiful Shekhawati Havelis. I must say the Poddar Haveli in Nawalgarh is best conserved and best presented although the ones at Mandawa are more […]

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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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Shekhawati region of Rajasthan is best known as the world’s largest open-air museum for its colorful, vivid and vibrant paintings. Most of the towns in this region are full of painted Havelis, all of them about 100 years old. As you walk through the streets, your eyes find it difficult to stay at one mural. […]

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Chitrashala – literally means the school of Art or precisely the School of Painting. Now I have been reading about miniature paintings. That primarily comes from two traditions – Mughal and Rajput including the ones from the Hills of Himachal. Of the various sub-schools of Rajput miniature paintings, the Bundi school of Art is a […]

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Once upon a time, our walls were our art workshops, our prized possessions. All that we cherished was painted on them. We lived in the middle of those designs that either pleased us or kept reminding us of certain people or events. Alas! Not many of these places have survived the test of time. So […]

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The King of Thailand is called Rama – so it’s not surprising that the walls of the Grand Palace have Ramayana Paintings depicting the story of Ramayana. Royal Palace is also known as the Grand Palace. Ramayana Paintings at Grand Palace, Bangkok The Palace’s depiction is quite similar to the royal palace itself with multiple […]

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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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45 km south of Bhopal is the World Heritage site of Bhimbetka, on the Bhopal Hoshangabad road. As you travel towards Hoshangabad from Bhopal, on your right you would be able to see rock formations on small hills. Which at first sight would look intriguing? As you reach the road leading to the caves, you […]

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