Pahari Miniature Painting

Here the term Pahari denotes the hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh and some areas of Uttarakhand. In this painting therapy we will focus on the Pahari art of Himachal Pradesh – Pahari school of painting includes small towns/distt. of Himachal – Such as – Basohli, Chamba, Kullu, Mandi, Bilaspur, Kangra, Nurpur, Guler….. Pahari miniature painting can be said hybrid of some other states miniature Such as Jaipur, Rajasthan and some of Mugal miniatures too. But Pahari miniature paintings are specifically about Krishna Leela, Ramayana and other mythological manuscripts. Miniature paintings depict the life and costumes followed by the people of those times.