Dasara Gombe Habba- 2019
Dasara gombe habba is a tradition practised during Dasara(Navaratri) in some parts of South India and South Maharashtra. There is a story of Goddess Durga, around the celebration of...
Category: Crafts of India
How Patachitras are painted?- A video narration.
Patachitra, always amazes me. I never get satisfied by looking its intricacy and the beauty. The more I see these Patachitras, the more I get astonished, by how the...
Ganjifa- Art on Playing Cards
Originally known as Ganjifa in Persian language and Kreeda Patra in Sanskrit , are playing cards. Playing cards game is believed to be brought to India during Mughal era....
Patachitra- Some more unique designs
You must have read about my post about Patachitra. This art always mesmerizes me. Patachitras narrate stories. May be because of it’s tradition, unique way of painting (engraving with...
Chitrasante- 2019- Some more unique paintings
This is one more post on Chitrasante – 2019. Last post I had shared about the paintings I liked. As I said Chitrasante is ocean of paintings. The varieties...
Transformation of art- Zari work of Gujarat
Zari is part of Indian embroidery from historical time.When I visited a royal museum in Jaipur, there were many dresses of royal families , which had intricate zari embroidery....
Stone work of Odissa- Pathar Kaam
Last week I had shared about stone carvings of Rajasthan. Availability of stones and kinds of the stones available at a place have great influence on the carving styles....
Stone carving of Rajasthan
Rajasthan is remembered for its handicrafts. The colorful and intricate handicrafts of Rajasthan, always attract art lovers.Each handicraft of Rajasthan is unique , may be because it has influence...
Dasara Gombe Habba – From where to buy dolls- Online shops
One thing I like about Dasara the most is Gombe Habba. From the year I started this blog, every year I write about Gombe Habba. We don’t have this...
Transformation of Art- Patachitra
Recently visited a craft exhibition. There I could find these book marks. I thought, these are good gifts to book lovers. So bought some. These have small patachitra designs...