Painting · East India
Pattachitra: The Cloth Paintings of Raghurajpur
In a village where every house is a workshop, the hereditary painters of Raghurajpur still tell the stories of Jagannath on cloth prepared with tamarind and chalk.
East India
Terracotta temples, painted scrolls and lost-wax bronze — Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.
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Painting · East India
Madhubani: The Painted Walls of Mithila
From the mud walls of Mithila to museums in Japan, Madhubani painting is a women's art of gods, fish, and weddings that has survived two and a half millennia by never leaving home.
Textiles · East India
Jamdani: The Woven Air of Phulia
In Phulia, the weavers who crossed a border in 1947 still weave flowers into muslin, one thread at a time.
Metalwork · East India
Dokra: The Lost-Wax Bronze of Bikna
In Bikna village, every Dokra figure is cast once and only once, because the mould must be broken to free it.
Pottery · East India
Bankura Terracotta: The Clay Horses of Panchmura
In a village of potters in Bankura district, river clay is still coaxed by hand into the long-necked terracotta horse that became the emblem of Indian handicrafts.
Textiles · East India
Baluchari: The Woven Epics of Bishnupur
A silk sari from Bishnupur whose pallu retells the Ramayana and the Mahabharata in woven thread.