We are happy to announce that the Special Issue of the Chitrolekha Magazine on the Arts and Crafts of Bankura is online. The issue was conceived of as a project of capturing some glimpses of the glorious artistic traditions of...
Read MoreProf. Rajesh Kochhar Download PDF Version If the Mohenjodaro craftsman who famously cast the bronze figurine of a dancing girl some 4500 years ago were to visit central and east India today, he would undoubtedly feel at...
Read MoreSourish Bhattacharya Freelance Writer The wax technique of metal casting is a primitive technique which can be traced back to the Indus valley civilization almost 4500 years ago. The bronze cast dancing girl model from...
Read MorePriyanka Mangaonkar Download PDF Version Introduction Clay can be considered as one of the oldest building materials in the history of man after stone. Clay was and is being used for all conceivable purposes due to...
Read MoreShyamal Chatterji Mechanical Engineer and Researcher on Hindu Iconography Download PDF version Introduction Which is the best ‘Temple Town’ of West Bengal? One group of elite travelers will award this title to Kalna; yet others...
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Amar Nath Shaw Design Manager, TI Cycles of India, Chennai, India Download PDF Version ...
Read MorePortraits of the Owls A gallery of terracotta owls of Panchmura Acknowledgement Terracotta Owls of Panchmura, with the permission of Prof. Ravi Poovaiah, Professor, IDC, IIT Bombay...
Read MoreDr. Milan Kanti Satpathi Assistant Professor, Balarampur College, Purulia, West Bengal Download PDF version Bengali people—as mentioned by renowned Bengali linguist Acharya Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay in his book Bangalir...
Read MoreTarun Tapas Mukherjee Assistant Professor, Bhatter College, West Bengal, India Download PDF version The Dynasty and the Game Bishnupur witnessed the rise of a glorious tradition of art, craft and culture since the 700 AD...
Read MoreDebashis Roy Freelance Writer Download PDF version Human association with several aspects of stone’s utility is persistent since the remote Paleolithic age. At the first stage of the stone era human beings learned to create...
Read MoreArnab Majumdar Freelance Writer Download PDF Version Wood carving prevails all over India since time immemorial with several designing traits in different regions. India is cherishing the pleasure of wood carving from the dawn...
Read MoreDebanjali Banerjee National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata Introduction Bankura is located in the western part of the State of West Bengal. It is a part of Bardhaman Division of the State and included in...
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