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sangh sheel

an ornately decorated wall with birds and flowers on the walls, painted in white

two ornately decorated mirrors on the wall

Porbandar - The Birthplace Of Gandhi & Sudama - Inditales

Painted Niches of Gandhi House - Porbandar

a blue and pink book with an ornate design on the cover is sitting on a table

an ornately decorated fireplace with paintings on the wall

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an intricately decorated wall with blue flowers and birds in the middle, on top of it

Hotel Samode Haveli, Jaipur

an ornate painting on the side of a building with flowers and leaves painted on it

the book cover for handmade in india, with an elephant on it's side

Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Indian Handicrafts [Book]

"...takes on the monumental task of examining the eye-popping variety of handcrafts made across India's vast landscape." --Wall Street Journal Handmade in India examines all aspects of Indian handicrafts--historical, social, and cultural influences on crafts, design and craft processes, traditional and new markets, products, and tools--unraveling a wealth of knowledge. Based on extensive fieldwork and research, this work maps out the regional crafts identified across the country on the basis of prevailing craftwork patterns. It is closely woven with images to reveal the array of crafts in India, enabling the reader to discern subtle, sometimes unusual, differences in the same craft practiced by distinct regions or communities. Some of these are well known, like the woodwork of Kashmir, blu