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4 years
The raw material used for the fine woodcarving of Kashmir is obtained from walnut tree locally known as ‘Doon Kul’ and is cut only once it matures to an age of 300 years. #craft #carving #handmade @AlPallavi @reshii @iamrana @SecySanjay @PoojaB1972 @Peachtreespeaks @mohituraina
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Sikh Volunteers provide Lungar to #Rohingya Muslims "Priority is to not let anyone sleep without food" @sanjayuvacha @suhelseth @karunanundy
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Scene from Razmnama, Persian Translation of Mahabharat Last hours of Bhishma, lying on a bed of Arrow discoursing Yudhisthira @sanjayuvacha
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7 years
Films like #Dunkirk often give them a miss Portrait of Indian Soldiers played a significant role in helping Allies win WWII @calamur @adgpi
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Grave of Bibi Zulekha ,mother of #Nizamuddin Auliya in Adchini village is a rare #sufi shrine where women r allowed to pray @shahid_siddiqui
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7 years
ShahJahan's mosque built in 17thC #Thatta ,Sindh .Intriguing that it has no minaret only bricks. Inspired indo-saracenic revival in London
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The Chowk & Market Khankhal #Haridwar 1814 Painting by Mughal painter Seeta Ram 19thC @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @iamrana @Pupulmimi
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2 years
" If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." - Margaret Thatcher Featuring female architects & designers who are using traditional wisdom into their projects. September 2022 Issue : Subscribe #art #quote #artist
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7 years
Painting by William Prinsep, 1830 Depicts Europeans being entertained by dancers during Durga Puja Kolkata @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi
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Finding Goby: The only fish that should eat plastic Creative installations at Malpe beach, Mangaluru @AlPallavi @iamrana @PoojaB1972 @reshii @keshav61 @Pratiush_R @ikaveri @shilpareddy217 @TheUrgeToWander
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#Rumi Gate ,Lucknow Wood engraving illustration by French Artist Baron A. de Lagrange 19thC @sanjayuvacha @shahid_siddiqui @AlPallavi
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#Ta ūs (Mayuri),An Indian stringed Musical Instrument played to accompany devotional Songs in royal Court 19thC @sanjayuvacha @PunjabiRooh
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Naubat Khan,Virtuso Veena player & son in law of eminent musician Tansen was promoted to d rank of 500 personnel 200 horse by Jahangir16thC
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"A new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room." - Madonna Ciccone April issue features Artisans & Designers who elevate blowing glass art of Firozabad. Subscribe at : #art #magazine #artist #interior #quote #interiordesign #homedecor #IncredibleIndia
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Sculpture of Shiva & Parvati Contemplative posture,their vehicles bull & lion appear beneath their feet #Kalinga #Orissa #BritishMuseum
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In #Mughal india #Holi was celebrated with much fanfare.It was called Aab-e pashi or Eid-e-gulaabi #Jahangir playing Holi wid zenana ladies
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Here is how Indian folk artists documenting the pandemic. #art #folk #pandemic #lockdown #painting @AlPallavi @Chemburstudio
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"Two things make a room timeless: a sense of history & a piece of the future.”–Charlotte Moss 'Re-Emergence of Traditional Arts'- March issue features designers who are applying folk arts in interiors. … #art #magazine #culture #quote #artist #homedecor
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“Architecture is the learned game, correct & magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.”  – Le Corbusier February 2023 Issue. Subscribe for Premium Edition: #magazine #art #architecture #interior #artist #quote #photooftheday #heritage #IncredibleIndia
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Naqsha (Drawing) of Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah by Mazhar Ali Khan From the Album of Thomas Metcalf 1843 @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @nistula
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Hazarat Badrudin Dargah Legend has it that he picked up his severed head & rode his way to pallavaram during battle of #Santhome #Bijapur
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"Have stories to tell than stuff to show as adventures are the best way to learn.” December issue highlights Boutique Hotels engaging local artists to promote craft tourism. Subscribe December 2022 Issue : #art #artist #tourist #culture #IncredibleIndia
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Wrestlers,Great Gama & his brother Imam Baksh square off during an exhibition match at #Red Fort 1940's #Delhi @DalrympleWill @sanjayuvacha
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#Rumi Gate bears resemblance to an ancient Gateway at #Constantipole ,hence also called Turkish Gateway @sanjayuvacha
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Ruins of Sheesh Mahal, Shalimar Bagh Hyderpur ,Delhi Built by ShahJahan ,Aurangzeb declared himself as Emperor at this Garden @sanjayuvacha
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Guru Nanak Dev & his life long companion Mardana visit Bhai Lalo ,the carpenter GuruNanak partook dry chapatis at his house @sanjayuvacha
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Princess Zeb-Un-Nisa,eldest & liberal daughter of an austere father #Mughal Aurangzeb & Poet under pen name #Makhfi led a Life of spinister
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Ruins of Naurrattan,Sasaram Bihar By Thomas Danielle Structure is a Part of SherShah Suri's Tomb Yale centre of British Art @sanjayuvacha
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The #Ganges entering the plains near #Haridwar From Robert Montgomery​'s The Indian empire 1860 @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @calamur @nistula
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"Sometimes wearing a mask is the best way to show our true selves." ~ Lisa Mangum Kathakali mask painting designs by Swismin, Kochi. #art #artist #interior #homedecor #quote #interiordesign #thought #lifestyle #culture #painting #IncredibleIndia
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A perfumer from Gandhi caste surrounded by vials From #JamesSkinner 's Tashrih Al aqvam,an account of occupations of various Indian castes
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One of the last #Bhishtis (Water man) ,Shakeel Ahmad offering water from a goat skin #Delhi #RudyardKipling 's GungaDin 1892 @sanjayuva
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Carved Kashkul (Mendicant's Bowl) used by #Sufi mystics, made of coconut-de-mere shell & copper National Museum @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi
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Photographs of Delhi based #Artist #DayanitaSingh acquired by Museum of Modern Art ,New York @sanjuka @nistula @Pupulmimi @sanjayuvacha
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"The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live." - Albert Hadley Exploring the use of heritage textiles in interior decor. August 2022 Issue : Subscribe Now #magazine #art #artist #interior #quote #thought #incredibleindia
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Blessed day of #Buddha 's birth Gandhara #Sculpture 2nd century, Kushan dynasty Happy #BuddhaPurnima @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @iamrana
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21 open Wells (Baolis) belonging Adil Sahi era (1490-1686) revived in Vijayapura #Karnataka @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @nistula @calamur
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#MandoreGardens , #Jodhpur . Chief attractions r cenotaph of maharaja Ajit Singh of #Marwar during d reign of #Aurangzeb 18thC @DalrympleWill
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Sikh Guru #Nanak Dev standing in d middle of the courtyard of SultanpurLodhi Mosque as devotees bend to do Namaz @PunjabiRooh Punjab1825/75
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#Mughal Carpet with composite figural design circa 1590-1600 Museum of fine art Boston #shikaradesign @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh
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Crown of MughalEmperor BahadurShah.Bedecked with gems.Post1857 mutiny it was seized by Capt RobertTytler #RoyalCollectionTrust @PunjabiRooh
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India slips in World press freedom index ,behind Palestine, Afghanistan ,Burma @madversity @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi
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4 years
@DalrympleWill Bengal has some of the finest architectural wonders made of terracotta. Jor Bangla, Bishanpur and Char Bangla, Murshidabad. Pics by Ajoy Konar. #clay #terracotta #architecture
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Lord Hastings Party entering Lucknow city on elephants back Water color paintings: SeetaRam 1814-15 @sanjayuvacha @Chemburstudio @AlPallavi
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#Mughal Aurangzeb forbade music in court only after d death of Hirabai whose musical feat had once stupified him.Bier of musical instruments
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Cheriyal scroll Paintings are the narratives of folklores done on Khadi Canvas by #Nakashi artists in #Telangana @calamur @iamrana
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Manuscript of Mirza Asadullah Baig khan Inside #Ghalib 's haveli Gali qasim jaan ballimaran Delhi @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @Rekhta @PropitiousOn3 @JAJafri @irfhabib @AdvaitaKala
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Artfully rounded Ink Pot of Emperor Jahangir 1618-19 MetropolitanMuseum @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @nistula @PropitiousOn3 @calamur @thinkalot
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The Street of Delhi. Oil on paper by Marianne North. (1830-1890). From Collection of the Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives, Royal Botanic Gardens #art #painting #craft @AlPallavi @TheUrgeToWander @PoojaB1972 @anniezaidi @katherineschof8
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Interior of Golden Temple, Amritsar Painting by William Simpson 1860 @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @AdvaitaKala @TheUrgeToWander @BishanBedi
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Pavement School #Jaipur .Pics taken by French photojournalist Henry Cartier Bresson with a 35mm camera in 1948 @DalrympleWill @sanjayuvacha
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How Mughal India inspired Rembrandt A portrait of Shah Jahan & Dara Shikoh by Rembrandt @AlPallavi @sanjayuvacha @gary_singh @iamrana @fisheyedmeena @reshii @JAJafri @PoojaB1972 @MonicaSDogra @
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From Mughal miniatures to glass cutting Art ,Artists reinventing ancient crafts handed down to them over generations @sanjayuvacha @calamur
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Lacquerware toy making and palm leaf usable goods are the traditional craft of small village Etikoppaka, Andhra Pradesh #VocalForLocal #aatamnirbharbharat @AlPallavi @TheUrgeToWander @shilpareddy217 @lepakshihandic1 @PoojaB1972 @divyadutta25 @iamnagarjuna
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#TajMahal scaffolding during WWll in 1942 to mislead German Luftwaffe pilots. @DalrympleWill @ambrin_hayat @abhiertigibbet
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HumanTigers at Mohurrum Festival Wood engraving from the graphic 1857 A dying folk tradition of Nagpur @iamrana @sanjayuvacha @PunjabiRooh
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400 years old Manipur' s all women market, Nupi Keithel is the befitting example of women empowerment in Northeast India. #women #ArtistOnTwitter @AlPallavi @PoojaB1972 @NBirenSingh @TheUrgeToWander @PropitiousOn3O
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Already reeling under d glut of Brands GST is yet another impediment for rural craftisan willing to sell online Exempt #Artisans @suhelseth
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This all-woman band from U.P. sings about, child marriage,female foeticide, gender justice & other social anathemas @iamrana @reshii @PoojaB1972 @TheUrgeToWander @Chinmayi @karunanundy @DrSYQuraishi
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Etching of a team of workers lay underwater #telegraph cable that stretched from India to Britain in1870 @sanjayuvacha @Pupulmimi @AlPallavi
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Design for the indian bridge at Sezincote by Thomas Danielle1805 An example of Neo-Mughal architecture in England @sanjayuvacha @PunjabiRooh
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Resemblance b/w pashupati seal found in #Mohenjodaro & Gundestrup cauldron,Denmark Parallels b/w Celtic Druids & #Vedic Gods @AdvaitaKala
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The Courtyard & Iwan of the Jama Masjid #Delhi Painting by Seeta Ram 1815 #Eid Mubarak @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @shahid_siddiqui @calamur
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Bronze #phurpas or ritual daggers used in #Himalayan culture to tame evil spirits (hatred,lust & sloth) 16th-18thC @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi
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Rare WoodCarved doors Flowers & leaves motifs attribute pinnacle of #Mughal aesthetic.Influence of late #Gothic Jahangir17thC @PunjabiRooh
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Assam 's 16thC tradition of #Mask making continues to survive in #Majuli island on the banks of #Brahmaputra @ShoojitSircar @dpanikkar
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Nadir Ali & Co. makes brass #handcrafted post war Musical instruments for UK's Royal Navy in a dusty bylane of Meerut @sanjayuvacha @iamrana
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Technology like #art should be soaring exercise of the human imagination.”- Daniel Bell May issue features Design Institutes and Studios employing digital tools in traditional crafts Subscribe at : #artist #craft #interior #skill #quote #IncredibleIndia
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Gates of Kamru fort,sangla valley Kinnaur district #Himachal Fort has idol of kamakhya Devi atop @PropitiousOn3 @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi
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A Harkara , Dak Runner who carried mail #Calcutta 1799,BritishIndia Etching by Solvyn Franz Balthazar, Artist & orientalist @sanjayuvacha
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Gold Finial from d Throne of #TipuSultan ,brought to England by Thomas Wallace after battle of Seringapatam 4th Anglo-MysoreWar1799 @JAJafri
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Ravan sitting inside his golden Citadel in Lanka Series :Rama's Journey National Museum Happy #vijayadashami @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi
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Bridge of boats across the Ganges and Major Gilbert house Kanpur, India. Painting By Sita Ram 1814-15. Source : British Library. @TheUrgeToWander @AlPallavi
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Changthang in #Ladakh is a home to goats with silk coats #pashmina & people living in Harmony with nature @sanjayuvacha @calamur @iamrana
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#Mughal EmperorJahangir preferring counsel of Sufi Shaikh Salim to kings concerning his anxiety of not having a heir after him Bichitr17thC
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#AjantaCave19 Lithograph by James Fergusson Scottish Architectural Historian, Orientalist 19thC @sanjayuvacha @AlPallavi @AdvaitaKala
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Scenes from Life of #Buddha . Birth, enlightenment,first sermon , parinirvana #Greco -Roman iconography #Gandhara 2ndB.C-3rdA.D @TrueIndology
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Festival at Fatehpur Sikri #Agra Oil #painting by American painter Edward Lord Weeks 1885 @sanjayuvacha @PunjabiRooh @thinkalot @iamrana
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India International Quilt Festival to go digital, open to worldwide audience. #art #handmade @AlPallavi @saffrontrail @MsKajalAggarwal @shilpareddy217
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Abdar, seller of Cold drinks #Calcutta #Etching by Balthazar Solvyns Flemish MarinePainter 1799 @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh @sanjayuvacha
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illustrations of SouthAsian #flora & #fauna in Tuzk-e-Babri, manuscript of Babur written in #chatgatai 15thC @DalrympleWill @PunjabiRooh
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A blue throated Barbet by Mughal artist Mansur,1620. Opaque watercolors on gold paper. Source : V&A Museum. #art #mughal #painting #artists @V_and_A @AlPallavi @TheUrgeToWander @PropitiousOn3O @PoojaB1972 @AmberMDarr @NMenonRao
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#Stucco panels depicting scenes from life of #Buddha #Gupta Period 7th-8thC ASI excavated site #Nalanda #Bihar @DalrympleWill @AdvaitaKala
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Another Mughal Baoli near Humayun's Tomb hits the road to revamp It was built in 1560 by Hamida Bano Begum, one of the chief consort of Humayun, to accommodate Arabs she had brought back from Mecca @iamrana @JAJafri @sanjayuvacha @DrSYQuraishi @reshii
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Bride's Toilet Painting by #AmritaShergil 1937 She was called India's Frida Kahlo @sanjayuvacha @PunjabiRooh @AlPallavi @shahid_siddiqui
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