Divinity

The great Indian subcontinent is not just a land of a God but of multitudes of forms, and names of the Divine which cascade down the various cultures that exist here. Such as since the 17th century, the Chitrakaron ki Gali (artist’s street) in Nathdwara, Rajasthan has kept the sacred tradition of painting the image of their ancestral God, Shrinath ji alive. Then around 300 years ago, the Vaghari tribe began creating Mata ni Pachedi, a form that serves as a shrine for the marginalized. So many other artist communities like these throughout India permeate the variegated patterns of traditional culture of ever-changing art forms which are connected through shared legacies of painting the image of the divine. Beyond visuals, the artworks serve rituals, communal significance, a spiritual history, and reverence for the Divine.