The Legend of Soni Mahiwal - Handmade PaintingThe immortal love story between Sohni and Mahiwal has been treated in a most royal manner in this velvet painting. The sense of shades and softness of color pattern have added beauty to the painting. About Sohni Mahiwal Sohni was the daughter of a potter named Tula, who lived in Punjab near the banks of the Chenab River. As soon as the Surahis (water pitchers) and mugs came off the wheels, she would draw floral designs on them and transform them into

The figure is adorned with rich and lavish ornaments and exquisite carvings

His teachings offer a guiding light for proper conduct to man

Lord Ganesha is here seated cross-legged and he appears quite grave and accomplished

The Lord is blessing his devotees with his fourth hand

could give anything

the figure contains some sparkling gold paints on it and a greater degree of gracefulness and compassion is manifest in the figure

The rainbow of colours is a vivid depiction of the rich traditions of Gujarati patchwork

Nobody was able to stop or bear that poison then Shiva came to the rescue

physical or psychological

A small and beautiful piece of art

She represents the unified force of all gods and goddesses

offices in the country and is invoked for well being and fortune