Culture And Heritage
Culture And Heritage: Preserving & Promoting Rarest Cultural Heritage of India
“Gold & Silver leaf (Varak) Block printing” is an attractive, precious, beautiful, rarest and traditional cloth designing art in India. It is done on the dress and decorative cloths of kings and other royalty.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.
The arts have long been an integral and vibrant part of our nation’s cultural heritage. In its many forms, art enables us to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and of our society. Providing us with a unique way to learn about people of other cultures, it allows us to discover all that we have in common. At its best, art can beautify our cities, encourage economic development and social change, and profoundly affect the ways we live our lives.
Know The Art
Gold & Silver leaf (Varak) Block printing is an attractive, precious, beautiful, rarest, and traditional cloth designing art in India. It was done on the dress and decorative clothes of kings and other royalty.
Varak is an exceedingly thin metal foil of gold & silver made by many typical processes. Varak is applied tokhari-printed cotton & silk cloths with expertise skills. This is considered auspicious, prestigious clothes have an important role to play in our rituals and worship of Lord Krishna or Shrinathji or Thakurji and Hindu and Jain temples. In our traditions and ceremonies, a special bridal wedding chunri or odhani is an essential part of the Rajasthani bride’s trousseau and is worn on marriage occasions necessarily and other festivals like Gangaur&Teej. It is also worked primarily on garments worn on ceremonial occasions and it is also done on everyday traditional garments like the turban, Odhna, Ghaghra, Angarkha, etc. used by royalty and the elites.
OUR PATRONS
SHAY FAMILY
Beautiful Art technique. Thank you for keeping that Art alive, and Thank you for the Gift.
MCKELWAY FAMILY
Wonderful Work!
Do not Stop.
You Bring joy to AllHAIR & SHIRLEY
Beautiful & Authentic Art. Enjoyed the Experience.
Thank youEMMA STUBBS
Absolutely Stunning!
Could watch all day!RUCHI NAGARKAR
Incredible! Never seen anything like it!
😊Kerly & Darius
Elles & Yvette
Beautiful work! Fascinating process and so artistic!
Elsie & Jenny Paradies
What an Incredible Art! An Art that should be Preserved.
The Indian Bucket List
JULIE, Ron Arvine
A Lesson we will never Forget!! Your Art will live on in Our Home Forever.
Happy New Year- Best Wishes!!Madhu
It’s really beautiful l& love.
Never seen such Dupattas.Ar. Jayanti Galagali
Amazing work worth preserving & Conserving.