Art & Craft

Mandala Art stands significant in therapeutic and spiritual fields and its colors also depict various meanings such as White stands for Openness. Red for...

Meet IAS Mugdha Sinha, a self-taught artist who loves to paint glass bottles, upcycle old cookie tin jars and artify tote bags!Working with Rajasthan...

Lata Kachhawaha is a women of substance leading from the front in Barmer to empower 15000 rural women who are now selling their embroidery...

Kota Doria! Have you ever heard this name? Do you know the story behind its origin? Are you aware of how it came to...

A desert with clay and sand!Doesn’t it sound appealing? I know most of you must be visualising the beauty of the place listening to...

There is a museum situated in a castle in Rajasthan which has 89 volumes of handwritten diaries by the Thakur of an estate which...

The Ram Temple in Ayodhya is being built by the Sompura family of temple architects, led by the patriarch Chandrakant Sompura who first visited the historic site where...

Kumbh 2021, to be organised in Haridwar this year, will remain polythene free.Around 30,000 cloth bags stitched by women folks in Jaipur have...

Bagru is a small village, located 35 km from Jaipur on the Ajmer Road, and is known for the traditional Bagru prints which originated...

Rajasthani handicrafts and handloom are known all across the world for their distinguished style and enchanting look.Here are some of the handmade articles one...

Do you know that Kundan jewellery came to Jaipur from Delhi. Over the years, kundan became the highlight of this royal city and hence...

Phad painting of Rajasthan is a 700 year old legacy. Depicting a kind of scroll painting, it narrates the elaborate religious stories of local...

Thewa is a special art of jewellery making which dates back to Mughal era. It involves embossing of intricately worked-out gold sheet on molten glass.This traditional art of fusing 23K Gold...

Pichwai paintings of Rajasthan originated in Nathdwara in Udaipur district around 400-year-old. Being vibrant, attractive, intricate and visually stunning, these paintings depict the tales...

Meenakari, one of the most complex crafts, was introduced in Rajasthan by Raja Mansingh of Amer at the turn of the 16th century. He...