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 TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDIA ARE DYING SLOWLY

Traditional Arts and Crafts of India

Are Dying Slowly

Many traditional arts and crafts of India are dying due to modernization and technological
developments. These Handmade tales of India are on the verge of extinction and getting
replaced machine made products.Dying Arts and Crafts of India
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includes Chamba rumal paintings,Madhubani Paintings,craft of Kendrapara,Handloom
Weaving,rangoli designs and portraits.

Rogan Printing is a free hand cloth printing, practiced only in Kutch District of Gujarat and
produced by boiling castor oil.Abdul Gafoorbhai Khatri is one of the most famous Rogan
art printer from India.

Rogan Painting
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Kutch

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The Rogan art of painting is an ancient art and Nirona in Kutch is the only place in the world
where this work is created. Rogan printing is an art of cloth printing practiced in the Kutch
and Gafoor Daud Khatri is one of the most famous Rogan painter in India.

String Puppetry, Kendrapara

String Puppetry of Kendrapara also called as Sakhi Kandhei used to be a popular show in
Odisha but the centuries-old art of string puppetry is slowly dying and Fakir Singh of
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Odisha but the centuries-old art of string puppetry is slowly dying and Fakir Singh of
Palakana village in Kendrapara district is one of the few craftsmen left in the State.

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Dhokra Art, Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh state is well known for the Metal Craft and Dhokra art,some time known as
tribal art of India. Dhokra is a metal casting art of religious images, horses and elephants,
The tribe art is now found all over India.

Thanjavur Painting, Tamil Nadu

Tanjore paintings (http://www.walkthroughindia.com/lifestyle/10-most-famous-painting-
styles-of-india/) is the most popular art form of South India and popular forms of classical
South Indian painting. Thanjavur paintings are panel paintings done on wooden planks.

Handloom Weaving, India

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India has a heritage of handloom weaving but this handicrafts is getting replaced machine
made products and dying a slow death because of lack of support. Handloom industry is
one of the larget in India after agriculture in the country.

Paitkar Painting, Jharkhand

Paitkar Painting is one of the most popular paintings in the state and also the oldest tribal
painting in India (http://www.walkthroughindia.com/lifestyle/10-most-famous-painting-
styles-of-india/). Jharkhand old age tribal painting also occurs in the bordering areas of
West Bengal and Orissa.

Bamboo Art, Assam

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Cane and bamboo products of Assam are made by a large number of artisans all over the
state. The unique arts and crafts of Cane and Bamboo have traditionally been used by
people of Assam.

Wildlife Painting, Ranthambhore

Ranthambhore has become a living art museum of wildlife, Sawai Madhopur is best known
for its Tiger tourism and Sawai Madhopur railway station has become the rst heritage
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for its Tiger tourism and Sawai Madhopur railway station has become the rst heritage
railway station in India with Wildlife art paintings.

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Kalamkari
Kalamkari is a free hand painting and block printing textile art, practiced in Andhra Pradesh
as well as in many di erent regions of India. There are two distinctive styles of kalamkari
art in India, Srikalahasti style and Machilipatnam style.

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