By Sumit Yadav
A women-led self help group in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, prepares colours extracted from fruits, vegetables and flowers to sell as gulal for Holi that is round the corner.
A women-led self help group in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, prepares colours extracted from fruits, vegetables and flowers to sell as gulal for Holi that is round the corner.
By Ranvijay Singh
Many trees in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow were painted with colours for beautification. However, as soon as the forest department came to know about this, it directed the officers to stop the work
Many trees in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow were painted with colours for beautification. However, as soon as the forest department came to know about this, it directed the officers to stop the work
By Gurvinder Singh
Artists recognise no barriers of caste, creed or colour. And Noya village in West Bengal, made up entirely of Muslim Pattachitra artists, stands testimony to this as its nearly 300 inhabitants continue to tell stories of Hindu Gods and Goddesses through their beautiful cloth-based scroll paintings.
Artists recognise no barriers of caste, creed or colour. And Noya village in West Bengal, made up entirely of Muslim Pattachitra artists, stands testimony to this as its nearly 300 inhabitants continue to tell stories of Hindu Gods and Goddesses through their beautiful cloth-based scroll paintings.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
By Gaon Connection
Patachitra artists in Bharatpur village in West Bengal get a fillip as Sanghita Mitra, who quit her job with a software company, is working with them for over a decade to keep Bengal’s ancient artform alive.
Patachitra artists in Bharatpur village in West Bengal get a fillip as Sanghita Mitra, who quit her job with a software company, is working with them for over a decade to keep Bengal’s ancient artform alive.
By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee
Patachitra artists in Bharatpur village in West Bengal get a fillip as Sanghita Mitra, who quit her job with a software company, is working with them for over a decade to keep Bengal’s ancient artform alive.
Patachitra artists in Bharatpur village in West Bengal get a fillip as Sanghita Mitra, who quit her job with a software company, is working with them for over a decade to keep Bengal’s ancient artform alive.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
To mark the advent of spring and Holi, tribal communities in Chhattisgarh joyfully welcome spring with colours they have made from palash flowers in the age-old tradition.
To mark the advent of spring and Holi, tribal communities in Chhattisgarh joyfully welcome spring with colours they have made from palash flowers in the age-old tradition.
By Sachin Tulsa tripathi
In many rural pockets of Madhya Pradesh, the days before Holi are filled with the beats of the nagadiya and the phag, songs that are special and considered auspicious to celebrate the advent of spring and the festival of colours. However, this tradition is fading.
In many rural pockets of Madhya Pradesh, the days before Holi are filled with the beats of the nagadiya and the phag, songs that are special and considered auspicious to celebrate the advent of spring and the festival of colours. However, this tradition is fading.
By Parul Kulshreshta
Jaipur’s royals played Holi with gulaal gota, wafer thin lac balls filled with dry colours, which have been handcrafted by Muslim artisans since the 1700s.
Jaipur’s royals played Holi with gulaal gota, wafer thin lac balls filled with dry colours, which have been handcrafted by Muslim artisans since the 1700s.
By Sumit Yadav
Having returned to his village in the aftermath of the lockdown which was imposed to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in India, Mukesh Kumar decided to set up a small workshop to produce colours used in the Holi festival. Two years down the line, he owns his small business which also provides employment to almost a dozen of workers.
Having returned to his village in the aftermath of the lockdown which was imposed to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic in India, Mukesh Kumar decided to set up a small workshop to produce colours used in the Holi festival. Two years down the line, he owns his small business which also provides employment to almost a dozen of workers.