craft & Handmade

The Bhil rank among the largest tribal communities in India and live across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.Many Bhil narratives trace ancestry to the archer Eklavya from the Mahabharata and to Valmiki, associated with the Ramayana, although these links remain part of oral tradition rather than formal history. Agriculture and forest‑based livelihoods strongly shape […]

Kaavi art refers to a mural tradition indigenous to the Konkan coast, especially in Goa and adjoining parts of coastal Maharashtra and Karnataka. The term “kaav” denotes the maroon‑red pigment that artisans derive from laterite soil, while the white ground comes from lime plaster made with burnt seashells. Scholars date the practice to roughly 400

Tikuli art takes its name from “tikuli” or “tikli,” a term for the decorative bindi that women wear on the forehead. The form emerges in and around Patna and has a recorded history of more than 800 years, with references to production during Magadh and Mughal periods. Earlier, artisans created small, highly finished glass bindis

Cheriyal scroll painting, part of the broader Nakashi tradition, developed in Telangana as a narrative cloth painting used by travelling bards.The practice took shape in and around Cheriyal village in the present Siddipet district and in urban centres near Hyderabad. Families of Nakashi artists supplied scrolls and related props to communities such as the Kaki