Wall Painting Directory, INTACH

  CONNECTING THE DOTS: A CASE OF BANDHANI The walls of various forts, havelis, and other buildings across Rajasthan are ornamented with paintings based on a myriad of themes which range from religious portraits to everyday life scenes to extravagant lives of royalties and the portraits of British officials. In few of the paintings found on the walls of Jaisalmer Fort, it can be noticed that the portraits of Goddess Radha, Goddess Parvati and of a lady painted on the walls of the Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, are bound by a common factor which are the clothes of the subjects embellished with the tie-dye technique called bandhani. Bandhani is a type of patterned fabric that is crafted with expertise steeped in age-old traditions and knowledge system that has passed down from one generation to the other. This art of tying and dyeing has been in existence in the said region for centuries and its appearance on the wall paintings at Jaisalmer and Jodhpur only cements the continuation ...