Second Pahari Painting Workshop Organized by IIT Mandi toPreserve and Promote the Himalayan Culture
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”- Pablo Picasso
The art of pahari painting is one of the finest gifts of India to the art of world. ‘Pahari’ (literal
translation of hills in Hindi) painting is a collective term used to describe the miniature painting
that originated in the Western Himalayan hill kingdoms in north India. The glimpses of the rich
Pahari painting heritage of Himalayan region is found in the museums and art galleries for
tourists, while in almost every house in the villages Pahari paintings are showcased in different
forms.
After the successful completion of first workshop on Pahari painting many students, staff and
faculty members showed interest to learn this art form and signed up for the second workshop.
The aim of this workshop was to keep this art thriving and to make next generation aware about
this incredible heritage of Himalayas. The workshop was supervised by Dr. Ramna Thakur
(Principle Investigator) and Mr. Vijay Sharma - a renowned Pahari painting artist and a
recipient of fourth highest civilian award ‘Padam Shri’ by the Government of India for his
contribution to the promotion of this art form.
Participants were selected on the basis of their deep interest in this art and taught all the
traditional details of this style of painting for 11 days. They completed the training with great
enthusiasm and at the end of the training they were ready with their masterpieces of Pahari
Introductory lecture on Pahari Painting by Mr.Vijay Sharma (pahari painting artist)
paintings. 35 participants have been successfully trained, to preserve and promote this culturally
rich heritage throughout the world.
Participants are engrossed in their paintings
Inauguration of exhibition by Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves(Director, IIT Mandi)
Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves inaugurated the
exhibition of the paintings made by the
participants, on November 19th, 2016.
Visitors were amazed to see the fine art
done by the participants and expressed their
overwhelming applause about the idea of
preserving this traditional Himalayan art.
They appreciated the hard work and effort
put by all participants in the minute details
of this art in their paintings.
Some of the paintings created by the participants:
Gestures speaks the language of love by Abhijit Seth
Awaiting for spring by Sanal Gupta
Purity and serenity of love by Prabhjot Kaur
Where silence becomes thought and site becomes music by Rais
Mesmerized by her words by Shivendra Sangar
The other face of nature by Sandhya Menon
Lost in the nature by Shikha Gupta
Poetry of love never die by Puran Singh
Eternal shine of spotless mind by Suman
Music is the fruit of soul, it commences where speech ends by Bulti Pramanick
Solitude with nature by Suman Chauhan
When eyes speak, words rest by P.V. Suguna
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin by Akansha Garg
Love’s abode, even God bows down by Bhed Ram
When mind rests, soul speaks by Ramna Thakur
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