Woven wonders of Chinnalapatti and Thirubhuvanam Chinnalapatti Sarees After Odisha, I am in search of Ikat again, this time in Tamil Nadu! The weavers of Chinnalapatti, a small town near Dindigul have mastered the art…
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Talking Threads – A Story of Indian Embroidery Heritage manifests itself in many things, in art, music, folk theatre, paintings, sculptures, crafts, architecture, food, design of objects used in everyday life, textiles, and embroideries. …
The Hand-stitched Quilt – A Legacy of the Grandmother’s Gift of Love Handmade quilts have been around in India for centuries. Generations of women in India have been transforming their old, much-worn sarees and lovingly…
Wooden Toys of Etikoppaka: Let this Craft Survive The room is full of the monotonous drone of the lathe machine. An artisan fixes a rough cut circular block of wood at the head of the…
Art and Artists: Opening the Gates to the Supernatural Realm of the Devatas Since the time humanity developed a brain capable of sustaining thought-currents, or in other words developed the thinking ability and became ‘homo…
Chaturbhuj Nala: Were Board Games and Wheels Discovered in India 10,000 Years Ago? A drawn image of ‘CHOPAD’ was discovered at the Chaturbhuj Nala sites, near Gandhi Sagar in Bhanpura, Madhya Pradesh. This shows cognitive mental development and sound mathematical…
The Mahābhārata Retold: From Emergence of Brahmānda to Political Unity of Bhāratavarsha The infatuation with Mahābhārata made me a researcher of this huge Itihāsa, enabling me to create the website named AncientVoice containing 23,500 plus pages on…
Pratyasha Nithin: Invoking the Deities to Descend on Earth through Her Paintings How do you connect yourself with the Almighty? Bulk of the answers will revolve around ‘prayers’ though connotations may differ from person to…
Assamese Woman Weaves 500 Verses of Bhagavat Gita in Sanskrit in Cloth! Sanskrit is the origin of all languages. The Veds, Upanishads, Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavat Gita, and more of our ancient scriptures have been written…
Upma Rastogi: Mythological Characters and People Coming Alive in Her Paintings Artists are gifted. Everyone will agree to this. Painters are savvy. They capture the world around them and the macrocosm of their imagination in…
