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📸: X-T4

[baebeylik]

A female ascetic warns Krishna, from a Rasikapriya (Connoisseur's Delights) series. Kangra, India, 1800.

Asian Art Museum, California.

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Two shades of high altitude mountains from Triund top, Himachal Pradesh.

[uran-tashtari]

Kangra painting style

[sanewshimachal]

Public Outrage Erupts in Jarpal Village Over Lack of Gas Supply; Vehicles Blocked in the Middle of the Road in Protest #GasCrisis

Kangra, April 17, 2026 | Intense resentment was witnessed among the villagers of Jarpal—located in the Nagrota Surian Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh—due to the prolonged absence of gas supply services. Angered by the situation, the villagers blocked vehicles right in the middle of the road. The villagers stated that despite repeated complaints, the gas supply has not yet been restored, thereby disrupting their daily lives. The residents have demanded that gas supply services be made available to them immediately.

https://youtube.com/shorts/-RGIQct5HRk?si=2YiIcRmLOLeCmgQR

[artbysriram]

Kangra wall murals are poetry painted on plaster — soft colors, lyrical figures, and tender stories of Radha and Krishna. Each mural is a window into devotion and beauty, where nature, love, and the divine meet in harmony.

[pollyj]

The Marital Bliss of Nala and Damayanti: Folio from a Nala-Damayanti Series (detail)

Attributed to Ranjha , first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh

ca. 1800–10, India (Kangra, Himachal Pradesh)

In this painting based on the poem of Shrisharsh, the Naishadhacharita, the marital happiness of Nala and Damayanti is described. It is one of a larger group of pictures that remained unfinished but nonetheless are among the most accomplished works of the first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh.

About the Artist:

First Generation after Manaku and Nainsukh: Fattu, Khushala, Kama, Gaudhu, Nikka, and Ranjha

Active at a number of Pahari region courts, mainly in the Kangra Valley, ca. 1740–1830; sons of Manaku (Fattu and Khushala) and Nainsukh (Kama, Gaudhu, Nikka, and Ranjha)

The four sons of Nainsukh and two sons of Manaku are known collectively as the first generation after Nainsukh and Manaku. Building on the artistic legacy of their grandfather Pandit Seu and their fathers, the six younger artists left behind an extensive oeuvre that attests to the family’s consistent artistic vision and uniformly impressive output.

A relatively small court like Guler, the family’s home in Himachal Pradesh, could not provide a living for so many talented artists. Nainsukh left the atelier around 1740; he first worked in Jasrota, then in Basohli, and was ultimately joined there by his nephew Fattu and his youngest son, Ranjha. There were numerous small courts in the region, and they offered opportunities for talented painters seeking new opportunities. Surprisingly little is known about the authorship of individual series of paintings, and works cannot be assigned confidently to specific artists.

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Saanjh (𑚨𑚭𑚫𑚒), 2017.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“𑚛𑚭𑚛𑚯, 𑚙𑚰𑚨𑚭𑚫 𑚑𑚴 𑚠𑚭𑚞𑚰𑚆 𑚛𑚯 𑚣𑚭𑚛 𑚝𑚯 𑚁𑚫𑚛𑚯?”

Grandma, don’t you miss father?

If you liked Laapata Ladies, you might like Saanjh. The simplicity, the struggle and the storytelling. Saanjh is wronged by someone on social media and her father without listening to her explanation, leaves her with her grandmother. Saanjh now has to adapt to the village lifestyle, wondering what she’d done wrong to be left behind.

The movie is available in Kangri (with English Sub) and Hindi Dub (Rishton Ki Saanjh). The 2017 film is directed by Ajay Saklani. The movie is filmed in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh starring Aditi Charak as the lead actress.