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Early Wall Painting of Garhwal
B.P. Kamboj

ISBN : 8173871396
Year / Edition : 2003 / First
Pages : 158 + 70 coloured plates
Size / Format : 11" X 8.5" / Hardcover
Price : Rs. 1950  
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 About the book...

The present volume is a pioneering effort in bringing to limelight those rare but splendid specimens of the Garhwal wall painting, which have so far remained unknown and obscure to the world of art. These paintings are executed on the walls of the main shrine and other edifices of the Gurudwara of Guru Ram Rai at Dehradun.

The author has now endeavoured to explore the historical and socio-cultural contents of these wall paintings. He has very painstakingly studied the aesthetic and technical aspects of these murals to discover and establish an independent school of wall painting in Garhwal. That school flourished for 300 years and produced finest wall paintings in the Gurudwara. Some of these paintings are devoted to the Sikh gurus, which may be the oldest in India.

What further adds to the value of this book is the data, which the author have obtained from the relatives and pupils of Tulsi, the master-painter of some of the finest murals in the Gurudwara. The analysis based on that information makes the present study all the more authentic and credible. The present study reveals another, and perhaps the latest, efflorescence of the mural tradition in the Himalayan region that may unfold new vistas in the study of Garhwal Painting beyond the Srinagar-Tehri axis. These wall paintings are presently in different states of precarious condition. The posterity may soon be deprived of these glorious works of art under the prevailing uncongenial conditions. That consideration, more than anything else, underscores the need to record and re-discover them. Hence, this book.

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 Table of contents...

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations

1. Introduction
a) Historical Perspective
b) The Tradition of Wall Painting in Garhwal

2. The Dehra of the Founder Saint
a) The Central Shrine
b) The Non-Figural Art
c) A Gallery of Rich Designs

3. WALL PAINTINGS OF Bhai Bahlo Darwaza
a) The Baradari Gate
b) The Oldest Figural Murals
c) Two Panels of the Sikh Gurus
d) Portraits of the Sikh Gurus

4. Matas' Samadhis (cenotaphs)
a) Four Wives of the Guru and their Cenotaphs
b) Mural Decoration

5. The Mahant's Residence-1
a) The Ground Floor
b) General Plan of the Murals
c) Janam Sakhi Murals
d) Thematic Note on the Janam Sakhi Paintings
e) Mythological Wall Paintings
i) Artistic Variations
ii) Thematic Appraisal of the Mythological Murals
f) Ornamental Designs

6. The Mahant's Residence-2
a) The Ground
b) Thematic Grouping of the Murals
i) The Sikh Gurus
ii) Portraits of the Mahants
iii) Portraits of the Contemporary People
iv) Mythological Paintings
v) Designs

7. The Jhanda Gate murals
a) The Jhanda Gate: Its Significance
b) Thematic and Stylistic Appraisal
i) Portraits
ii) Mythological Paintings
iii) Paintings of the Sikh Gurus
iv) Decorative Designs
c) Wall Paintings of the Room Atop Jhanda Gate

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 About the author...
Prof. B.P. Kamboj is among the leading figures in the field of art and art-education in India. After teaching for forty years in the Agra University, he retired as the Head of the Department of Fine Art. He also remained the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Art in that university. Subsequently, he remained the Secretary of the Lalit Kala Aka-demi at New Delhi for four years. Prof. Kamboj has been a member of various expert committees of Indian universi-ties, academies, Government of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan, etc., some of which he headed. For his services in the field of art, he has been honoured by various organisations.
Prof. Kamboj has participated in a number of seminars and workshops at regional, national and international levels. He also remained an U.G.C. Fellow at the Indira Kala-Sangeet University, Khairagarh (M.P.) and the Kumaon University, Nainital. He also has been the resource person for many refresher courses conducted by diffe-rent universities for university and college teachers of art. He has also contributed some papers and chapters to various books. The present volume is the result of his pioneering research and study in the unexplored area of Garhwal painting.

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