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Pattachitra

Pattachitra is a traditional folk art of visual storytelling by songs and is a unique art from of Rural Bengal that dates back to the period of Mohenjo-Daro Civilization. The...

Pattachitra

Pattachitra is a traditional folk art of visual storytelling by songs and is a unique art from of Rural Bengal that dates back to the period of Mohenjo-Daro Civilization. The...

Bankura Horse

Terracotta

  Terracotta is one of the first attempts of man at clay modelling which has been perfected with time at Bankura district in West Bengal.    The structure of ‘Bankura...

Terracotta

  Terracotta is one of the first attempts of man at clay modelling which has been perfected with time at Bankura district in West Bengal.    The structure of ‘Bankura...

Folk toys

Folk toys

Folk toys had it’s origin in the late 18th century during the reign of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Ray in Krishnanagar, Nadia district of West Bengal, who was a patron of the...

Folk toys

Folk toys had it’s origin in the late 18th century during the reign of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Ray in Krishnanagar, Nadia district of West Bengal, who was a patron of the...

Dhokra craft

Dhokra Craft

The name ‘Dhokra’ comes from the Dhokra Damar tribes, the traditional metal smiths of West Bengal. It uses the traditional method of lost wax process of metal casting, which goes...

Dhokra Craft

The name ‘Dhokra’ comes from the Dhokra Damar tribes, the traditional metal smiths of West Bengal. It uses the traditional method of lost wax process of metal casting, which goes...