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Objects
Tabul Phale, a Goan board game
This is an 18th c. indigenous board game of Goa called Tabul Phale, from the collection of Bagore Ki Haveli Museum...
Objects
Decoding a 2000 year old Makara capital found at Besnagar
This stone Makara may appear quite ordinary today, but it was one of the key pieces of a puzzling archaeological discovery. Archaeologists...
Objects
A 19th century Kashmiri Samovar, from the Central Asian Museum (Leh).
A Samovar (Samavár in Kashmiri) is a traditional Kashmiri kettle, used to brew and serve Kahwa and salted tea (noon-chai). The...
Museums
Objects
A 19th century Kashmiri Samovar, from the Central Asian Museum (Leh).
A Samovar (Samavár in Kashmiri) is a traditional Kashmiri...
Museum walk
The Jain festival of Paryushan as seen in the collection of the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum
The 8-day long Jain festival of Paryushan, observed in...
Museum walk
Recounting the inventions in Photography through vintage cameras at MuseoCamera
Museo Camera, a photographer's dream, is a museum of...
Miniature Art
A miniature painting from Kota reveals the artists’ love for Elephants
Elephants have held a prominent position in the royal...
Museum walk
Gandhi, through the photographs of Kulwant Roy
Photographs of the Mahatma taken by Kulwant Roy are on display at the Museo Camera collection.
art
Artists
An ode to Nasreen Mohamedi by JNAF Mumbai
In the turbulent years before India’s independence, Nasreen Mohamedi...
Artists
In photos: Jamini Roy’s House in Kolkata
In March 2023, DAG acquired the artist Jamini Roy’s...
Miniature Art
Bhanu Athaiya : recreating the spirit & splendour of Indian miniature paintings for an Air India calendar
Bhanu Athaiya (b.1929 - d. 2020) was an artist,...
Bombay
9 Paintings by S.L Haldankar that show him to be a “Master of Watercolour”
Every year on Diwali, a popular painting by S.L...
exhibitions
Culture
Now Showing : the Royal Arts of Jodhpur… in America!
Earlier this month, Mehrangarh Museum's landmark exhibition "Peacock in...
Exhibitions
Kashti Kinara – Navigating a Virtual Exhibition
'Kashti' and 'Kinara' are words that mean a lot...
Exhibitions
Why ‘Pra-Kashi: Silk, Gold & Silver From The City Of Light ‘ is a must-see at the National Museum, Delhi
For centuries, the city of Kashi (Varanasi) has been...
Exhibitions
Candid Expressions: India’s earliest women photographers
When reflecting on the history of photography in India,...
Culture
Archives of the Planet : colour photographs of the world 100 years ago
The early years of the 20th century, were a...
Campaigns
Indian Heritage Online : 1000+ openly licensed images
How do you look for images online? Do you...
Looking At Art
Gangaram Tambat: a native artist of 18th century Pune
During 1790s when Sir Charles Malet was the British...
Open Access
Creating with open-access: a 19th century Pahari Painting, embroidered by Akash Patwal
As children, many of us have demanded the impossible...
Culture
Many moods of love : songs by the Indian poet Vidyapati
For centuries, poets, painters, dancers and other artists have...