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Lala Kedarnath Khatri at his perfume shop in Kannauj with a container of kewra (Pandanus) base. Due to its complexity and exactness, perfumers passed down formulas as a closely guarded secret through generations in the same family. Some families in Kannauj claim to have been in the perfume making industry for 30 generations.

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पण्डितराम रजवार का घर : सरगुजा की रजवार कला का संग्रहालय / Inside Pandit Ram Rajwar's Home: A Museum for Contemporary Clay Work in SargujaVideo

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Mrinalini Sil

Visual Landscape of Jainism in Early Modern Bengal

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Renovated interiors of Shri Shambhavnath Bhagwan Temple, Jiaganj (Courtesy: Mrinalini Sil)

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Histories Built Spaces

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पण्डितराम रजवार का घर : सरगुजा की रजवार कला का संग्रहालय / Inside Pandit Ram Rajwar's Home: A Museum for Contemporary Clay Work in Sarguja

Visual and Material Arts Built Spaces

Sanal Thathapuzha is an architect, kite-flying enthusiast and resident of western Ahmedabad (Courtesy: Sanal Thathapuzha)

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Mintu Pal fixing the costumes on his clay idols prior to delivery (Courtesy: Aaheli Sen)

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People Built Spaces

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A worker fixes the Chonga (bamboo pipe) to the Deg (distillation pot). The fumes (Bhap) pass through the Chonga and condense in small pots called Bhapkas (Courtesy: Udit Kulshreshtra)

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The Art of Aromas: Ittar Industry of Kannauj

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