India’s Gifts to G20 Leaders

At the recently held G20 summit, in Bali (Indonesia) Indian Prime Minister gifted heads of states curated craft pieces from Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

USA: Kangra Miniature Paintings (Kangra, Himachal Pradesh): Kangra miniature paintings generally portray ‘Shringar Rasa’ or depiction of love on a natural backdrop.

• The sentiment of love as a metaphor the devotion to the divine remains the inspiration and the central theme of these Pahari paintings.
• The art originated in a small hill state ‘Guler’ in the first half of the 18th century.

Australia: Pithora (Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat): A Phithora is a ritualistic tribal folk art by the Rathwa artisans from ....