Venturing the Beauty of Warli Painting: A Cultural Heritage of Maharashtra
Warli painting is the tribal art of Maharashtra: simple white shapes on mud walls showing nature, daily life and festivals.

Warli painting is the tribal art of Maharashtra: simple white shapes on mud walls showing nature, daily life and festivals.

Bengali Patachitra is the scroll-painting tradition of West Bengal, where Patuas paint and sing stories from Hindu epics and folklore.

Madhubani painting is the best-known form of Maithili art from Bihar, famed for vivid colours, bold lines and stories of gods, nature and daily life.

Mitti attar is the earth perfume of Kannauj, made by distilling baked clay in a copper still to capture the smell of the first monsoon rain.

A guide to popular Indian mango varieties such as Alphonso, Badami, Dasheri, Kesar, Langra and Totapuri, with tips on picking good mangoes.

The Jaipur spice fair (Cooperative Masala Mela) is a ten-day fair where cooperatives sell pure whole and ground spices, usually in April and May.

Pokhran pottery is a traditional desert craft of Rajasthan, made from fine pinkish clay that is shaped by hand, sun-dried and kiln-fired.

The Puneri Pagadi is a traditional Marathi headgear from Pune, a symbol of pride and honour with a GI tag since 2009.

Bal mithai is a fudge-like sweet from Almora in Uttarakhand, made of roasted khoya and cane sugar and coated with sugar-coated poppy seed balls.

Banarasi paan is Varanasi’s famous betel leaf treat, a GI-tagged paan folded into a gilori and offered as a gesture of hospitality.