Pahari paintings from the Himalayan foothills, 17th and 18th Century paintings from North Western India
Devi on the lotus Illustration from the Tantric Devi Series Basohli or Nurpur, Punjab Hills, ca. 1660-70 In the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains of North West India there developed in the 17th and 18th centuries a distinctive and beautiful type of painting that came to be known as "Pahari", which means of the hills. There were a number of styles that evolved in the different areas of these foothills, usually named after specific towns or provinces, such as Kangra, Jammu, Nurpur, Chamba…
Vijaymadhav Unnikrishnan