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Manorath Paintings from Nathdwara
Manorath (mano = mind and rath = vehicle), also translated as ‘wish of the mind,’ records a special darshan sponsored by a Goswami of the...
Collection Highlight: Waswo X. Waswo
Nathdwara Paintings as Poignant Objects It has only been within the past six years that I have amassed a small but interesting collection of about...
The Tradition of Wall Paintings and Nathdwara Artists
Wall paintings on the exterior of a home in Chitrakaron ki gali, Nathdwara. The history of wall painting is an essential and time–honored...
Shringara of Shrinathji: A Family Collection of Miniature Nathdwara Masterpieces
On 10 February 2022,, three experts convened to celebrate the launch of Delhi–based designer Vikram Goyal's recent publication, Shringara of...
A Day at Nathdwara
Everything about Nathdwara fascinates me. This quaint little town near Udaipur has all it takes to capture my imagination. Seeming chaos is what...
Nathdwara and the Pushtimarg
The bustling temple town of Nathdwara in Rajasthan nestles in the Aravalli Hills about forty–five kilometers from the city of Udaipur today. It...
The Artists of Nathdwara
Nathdwara is famed not just for its temple, but also for the small group of traditional artists who arrived there in the seventeenth century along...
Golden Pichvais from the Deccan
Seth Jagjeevandas and his descendants, and a few other Gujarati merchants settled in Hyderabad in the Deccan, began the tradition of an impressive...
Painted Pichvais
Pichvai for Gopashtami, Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India. Late 20th century. Attributed to Dwarkalal Sharma. Cotton, painted with pigments, silver...