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Dedicated to those mistaken souls for whom ‘rural’ implies ‘poor’ or ‘undeveloped’ or ‘in-need-of-upliftment’. May the following pictures give them reason to modify their beliefs.
Following are pictures of a village in Rajasthan with homes filled with folk-art to decorate walls in various ways……
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jm
May 2013
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The wall paintings depicting horses in rows along with domestic scenes appear like the Pithora Paintings of Gujarat, a artistic and ritual tradition of Rathwa Bhil tribe concentrated in eastern Gujarat.
Wow – thanks for the info. Which places can these be seen in?
You have to visit Chotaudaipur in Vadodara district, also throughout Dahod and Panchmahal district.
thank you! must visit someday.
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Rajasthan tourism is globally popular. It deserves the attentions of tourists from all over the world. Large gathering of international tourists visit this royal state of India in good numbers.
I like it, specially the VEEL art.was looking for few pics.I think you got these pics from Hawala village( which is site for silpagram festival) plz also post ics of mandna art.try to collect those intricate patterns before they vanish.
Thanks Vidya. Where does one get to see Mandna art? I am not familiar with it.
Hello Ma’am,
Congratulations on collating such an extraordinarily amazing blog!
I am a media student from Mumbai and would like to document this art in the form of an AV. Could you please tell me where in Rajasthan will I be able to find it.
Thanks
Ashee