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I am collecting Indian Heritage and culture related vintage postcards, paintings, prints etc. and exhibited them at several locations across India in various events and also sharing them with school and college children by giving presentations to them on Indian Heritage and Culture with my collections and also documenting puppetry etc. intangible performances.

Monday 31 May 2021

Parrot image vintage lithograph postcard printed by Chitrashala Press Pune in my collection sharing today on World Parrot Day

This is Parrot image vintage lithograph postcard printed by Chitrashala Press Pune in my collection sharing today on World Parrot Day. Every year 31st May is observed as World Parrot Day which presents an opportunity to highlight the threats faced by these stunning  birds.   Habitat Loss, climate change and wild life trde and some of the main  threats. Many parrot species are in decline.




Parrot image design and pattern kalamkari art greeting card in my collection sharing today on World Parrot Day

This is Parrot image design and pattern kalamkari art greeting card in my collection sharing today on World Parrot Day. Every year 31st May is observed as World Parrot Day which presents an opportunity to highlight the threats faced by these stunning  birds.   Habitat Loss, climate change and wild life trde and some of the main  threats. Many parrot species are in decline.






Tuesday 25 May 2021

My photograph taken with a traditional folk art performer who is playing the character of Lord Narasimha Swamy sharing today on the auspicious Narasimha Jayanthi festival

 This photograph taken with a traditional folk art performer who is playing the character of Lord Narasimha Swamy. I taken this photograph alongwith him at the time of traditional performances during Navaratri festival 9 days. In the golden old days such traditional performances are playing continuously throughout night because at that time people are interested in these traditional intangible art forms. But now-a-days most of the people are paying very less interest on these traditional intangible art forms and due to this reason now we lost almost 90 percent of Intangible Art forms in India. From my side i am trying to documenting these art forms whenever i observed them during festivals and in other occasions.Sharing this photograph today on the auspicious Narasimha Jayanthi festival.




Lord Narasimha Swamy image printed vintage print material and kalamkari paintings in my collection sharing today on the auspicious Narasimha Jayanthi festival

 These are Lord Narasimha Swamy image printed vintage lithograph of Chitrashala Press Pune, one vintage art postcard and one vintage art photographs and one kalamkari painting in my collection. Sharing them today on the auspicious Narasimha Jayanthi festival.







Friday 21 May 2021

Cultural Heritage of India vintage art prints in my collection sharing today on World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (World Cultural Day)

 UNESCO declared May 21 as "World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (World Cultural Day)". World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development is an international initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 2001, UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and in December 2002, the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249, declared May 21 to be the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. On this occasion sharing herewith some vintage art prints of cultural diversity of several states of India which are in my collection. In each of these prints we observed cultural diversity in the folk traditions, performances and life style of people etc.














Imperial Buchha Brand" Pyramid Tea vintage tea advertisement pamphlet in my collection sharing today on International Tea Day

 This is "Imperial Buchha Brand" Pyramid Tea vintage tea advertisement pamphlet in my collection. Imperial Tea Co. (ITCO), Calcutta is sole distributor of the Pyramid Tea as per the pamphlet. This vintage tea advertisement pamphlet printed with a cute baby image as brand (Buchha Brand) for this tea. Sharing this vintage Tea pamphlet today on International Tea Day.




Canteen Tokens and Tea Stall Tokens printed with the images of Tea Cup in my collection sharing today on International Tea Day

 On  International Tea Day today sharing herewith vintage  Canteen Tokens and Tea Stall Tokens printed with the image of Tea Cup. These Tea Cup image tokens printed with brass or aluminium metals. Some other tokens also enclosed herewith alongwith Tea cup image tokens which have aluminium or cupro nickle printed with numerals of 4P, 8P  etc. Also enclosed herewith one brass token printed with the image of cow and calf one side and reverse side of the token printed with numerals 10P and written something in arabic or in urdu language. Also sharing herewith images of photographs of some canteen tokens which are in my collection. Every year May 21st is to be celebrated as International Tea Day.
















"A Shuttle player taking rest by drinking tea" vintage calendar print in my collection sharing today on International Tea Day

 This is "A Shuttle player taking rest by drinking tea" vintage calendar print in my collection sharing today on International Tea Day.




Tuesday 18 May 2021

Gangavataran vintage lithograph print in my collection sharing today on Ganga Jayanti or Ganga Sapthami

 On the  auspicious Ganga Jayanti also known as Ganga Sapthami today sharing here "Gangavataran" vintage lithograph print of Chitrashala Press, Pune in my collection. Ganga Sapthami is celebrated on the seventh day (Sapthami tithi) during Shukla Paksh in the month of Vaisakh. It is believed that River Ganga came to earth on this day. 




Saturday 15 May 2021

Reversing Station Darjeeling Himalayan Railway vintage postcard

This is  Reversing Station Darjeeling Himalayan Railway vintage postcard in my collection.




A beautiful woman in traditional saree as a cloths shopkeeper vintage print in my collection

 This is "A beautiful woman in traditional saree as a cloths shopkeeper"  vintage print in my collection.




A Royal Hindu Woman with Hand Fan vintage postcard in my collection

 A Royal Hindu Woman with Hand Fan vintage  postcard in my collection. This vintage postcard printed in Luxemburg.




Agra Railway Station vintage postcard in my collection

This is Agra Railway Station vintage  postcard in my collection.




Friday 14 May 2021

Godess Lakshmi Maa image vintage tin box and a studio photograph of a baby girl have this vintage tin box in the photo in my collection sharing today on the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya

Amarchand Sobachand, Chemist, Madras printed their vintage Goddess Lakshmi Maa seated in Lotus Flower vintage tin box in my collection. The same tin imge is in a vintage cute baby girl studio photo in my collection where baby holding her hand in a iron round table where this vintage tin box kept. Sharing this vintage tin box and photograph today on the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya festival.






Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi Maa vintage lithograph print of Chitrashala Press Pune in my collection sharing today on the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya

Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi Maa vintage lithograph print of Chitrashala Press, Pune in my collection. Sharing this vintge litho print today on the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya.




Goddess Lakshmi Maa image printed vintage bengali label in my collection sharing today on the eve of auspicious Akshaya Tritiya

Goddess Lakshmi Maa image printed J.C.Mitra's Pure Scented Til Oil vintage bengali label in my collection. Sharing today on the eve of auspicious Akshaya Tritiya.