TOURISM OF RAJASTHAN
Rajasthani Food
Rajasthan Desert
Rajasthan Culture
Rajasthan Wildlife
Rajasthan Art
Rajasthan Festival
People of Rajasthan
Fort & Palaces

Rajasthan Art
Rajasthan is a well known state of the country as far as the field of arts and crafts is concerned. You may find every kind of work ranging from stone, clay, leather, wood, ivory, lac, glass, brass, silver, gold and textiles in their most brilliant forms.

Jewelery :
Rajasthan is famous for its unique style jewellery. Some of the traditional designs are rakhri, tirnaniyan, bala, bajuband, gajra, gokhru, jod, etc. Tribal women wear heavy, simply crafted jewellery and seem to carry the weight without much discomfort almost all the time. Men too wear their share of ornaments in the form of chockers and earrings.

Ivory :
The white ivory bangles wore by the Rajasthani females is a craze in India. Ivory is also inlaid and shaped into intricate items of great beauty. Miniature paintings were also executed on ivory.

Lac and Glass :
Rajasthan and Lac bangles are synonyms to each other. They are usually in bright colors and sometimes inlaid with glass. Other decorative and functional items are also available.

Sandalwood and Wood :
Carved wood is presented in a wide range of objects and is simple and inexpensive.

Stone :
Statues on religious themes are carved all over Rajasthan and in several cities there are still entire lanes where the stone carvers can be seen giving final touches to statues or even pillars. Other crafts like blue pottery, hand block printing, tie and dye, terracotta sculptures, painting on camel hide, embroidery, cloth painting, carpets, durries, inlay work on brass and wood are to be found all over Rajasthan.

Rajasthani paintings :
Rajasthani paintings basically follow devotionalism among the Hindus depicted legends of Hindu epics such as Lord Krishna and Radha; other difference came from their bolder use of color and ornamental treatment of landscape.These paintings are exquisite works of Rajasthani/Mughal painting done on marble. Rajasthani painting is a style of miniature painting very similar to Mughal paintings.

Miniatures painting are another form, famous in Rajasthan, developed under the patronage of various rulers. The are still continues, though with considerably less patronage, in places like Nathwara, Udaipur and Bikaner, although most paintings made now are copies of old originals.

Pichvais :
These paintings are those made on pichavais, a kind of fabric, and is used as backdrops for the statue of the temple deity. Initially, these were made for different seasons and festivals for use at worship but later they came to be sold to pilgrims. In this thin layer of starch is applied on the cloth and painting is done in tempera.

Phad :
Phads are cloth scroll paintings rendered in folk style known, depicting the lives of local heroes. They tell mostly the story of Pabuji Ramdevji and Dev Narainji. The use of vibrant, raw colors and bold lines and a two dimensional treatment of figures with the entire composition arranged in sections are some of the unique features of these paintings.