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Two Vaishnava devotees are involved in a religious discussion on a veranda of a small temple adjacent to the river Bhagirathi. They can be seen carrying japa bags, which are used to store the japamala and maintain its sanctity. These pouches come in a variety of designs, or can be made of soft cotton fabric.

Sujoy Saha

Seeking Krishna Consciousness: Tulsimala Craft of Nabadwip

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Mani Stone CarvingVideo

Early Records of Petroglyphs and Rock Art from Twentieth-century LadakhImage Gallery

Early Buddhist Rock Art in LadakhImage Gallery

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Petroglyphs of LadakhOverview

Rock Art and Petroglyphs of LadakhModule

Ella Datta in Conversation with A. Ramachandran: Indianising Indian Art Interview

Ikat, the Sacred ThreadArticle

Why the 1883 Jaipur Exhibition of Industrial Arts was Important for India Article

A Family Affair: Few Know About the Artistic Prowess of Raja Ravi Varma’s SiblingsArticle

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Monisha Ahmed

Rock Art and Petroglyphs of Ladakh

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Horn Please! Truck Literature of India and Beyond

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Ladakhi Dress and Costumes

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Mani Stone Carving

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Ella Datta in Conversation with A. Ramachandran: Indianising Indian Art

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Ladakhi Dress and Costume

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The Lyrical Rongdanis

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Rigzin Chodon

Early Records of Petroglyphs and Rock Art from Twentieth-century Ladakh

Phuntsog Dorjay

Early Buddhist Rock Art in Ladakh

Dinesh Kafle

Ode to the Road: Truck Art of North India

Rinchen Dolma

Dress and Identity in Contemporary Ladakh

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Tashi Morup

Pre-Tibetan Buddhist Rock Art of Ladakh

Visual and Material Arts Histories

Manan Kapoor

Ikat, the Sacred Thread

Visual and Material Arts

Tiggy Allen

Why the 1883 Jaipur Exhibition of Industrial Arts was Important for India

Visual and Material Arts Histories

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The Tulsi plant (Holy Basil) is sacred to Hindus and its stem is used for making mala (necklace) in Nabadwip for use by Gaudiya Vaishnavaites.

Sujoy Saha

Seeking Krishna Consciousness: Tulsimala Craft of Nabadwip

By unshackling art from curated spaces, St+Art India Foundation has successfully translated their vision of ‘Art for All’ into reality. St+Art India Foundation looks at public spaces as an interactive zone, which can make people stop, think and engage!

Sharmistha Dutta

Art for All: Street Art at Lodhi Colony

Parbatipur, a village situated in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, supply artificial hair used to decorate the idol of gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon.

Pritam Dutta

Parbatipur Village: Tress-makers of Gods and Goddesses

Bandna is celebrated by agrarian communities bordering West Bengal and Jharkhand. During Bandna, women of the household make follow paintings and wall paintings to mark the beginning of a new crop cycle.

Sandipa Malakar

Bandna Decor: Floor Art of Purulia

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छत्तीसगढ़ प्रान्त इतिहास संकलन समिति

धूमनाथ महात्मय

Ministry of Textiles, Government of India

Parākāshthā

चौमासा /Chaumasa

सुआ गीत/Sua Geet

R. C. Agarwala

Recently Discovered Chaturdik Siva-Linga from Golamgarh, Rajasthan

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