charbhujatravels

The princely state of Rajasthan has a long history of Rajputs, acquiring land, winning and fighting battles, sprawling palaces, and rich mansions. An onlooker has often described the state as a dream carved out of marble. The arid topography of the desert contrasts sharply with the colorful life predominating here. Every Rajasthan region specializes in one thing or another. Shekhawati’s fresco wall paintings are unique in themselves, though it was the Mughal kings who made wall paintings fashionable, their religious accusations forbade them to have man or animal as a motif; only floral and abstract designs were permitted. That posed as an obstacle to an extent. Wall painting in Shekhawati only boomed after the decline of Mughal power. The artists reliant heavily on traditional Indian subjects for the early corpus. This consisted of mythological scenes, particularly of Lord Krishna, local legends, animals and plants, men and women’s daily lives, towns, and the Shekhawat Rajas . Most ...