Growing urbanisation takes a toll on Mandana paintings. Once a popular folk art, that used to adorn mud walls of homes in rural Rajasthan is quickly disappearing. Thursday, Jul 10, 2025.

Koshilaya Devi, a 68-year-old artist from Rajasthan’s Baran city has been working hard to preserve and conserve the traditional white chalk on red background Mandana drawings.

KOTA: The folk art ‘Mandana’, that manifests the origin of ‘tantric’ and ‘scientific’ approach to the world and is pioneered by the rural women in Raj.

As part of the ‘Do and Learn series’ an eight-day workshop on Mandana paintings is being organized at IGRMS. The workshop begun on Wednesday.

Vidya Devi Soni, the 74-year-old mandana artist, says it is her responsibility to keep the traditional art of Rajasthan alive in any way she can ...

Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): On the second day of 16th All India Sanja Lokotsav organised by Pratikalpa Cultural Sanstha, a competition for making Sanja and Mandana was organised at New Oxford Junior ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): An artist in the city, Nawab Jehan Begum, has brilliantly sent out the message of gender equality in society through a Mandana painting. The colourful acrylic work is ...