mewar and nathdwar

 The Rajasthan government has decked the Udaipur railway station in Nathdwara paintings in an attempt to keep the traditional art form alive.

More about Nathdwara Paintings

 Nathdwara Paintings refer to a school of artists that originated in Nathdwara in Rajasthan.

 The Nathdwara School of Painting is a subset of Mewar School and is seen as an important school in 17th and 18th century.

 These paintings have different sub-styles, of which the Pichwai Paintings are the most popular.

 Pichwai Paintings are cloth paintings hung behind the image of Hindu God, Shrinathji.

 Pichwai paintings illustrate different moods of Lord Krishna.

Udaipur, as we know it today, is the former principality of Mewar. In the ancient as well as medieval times, Mewar was known to be a great centre of artistic and cultural activities. The oldest manuscripts of Mewar painting include the ‘Supasanachariyam‘ and ‘Suparsanatham‘ painted in about 1423 AD. These show the traces of Apabhransa style, which can be identified with projecting eyes. The Mewar style as a distinct school emerged only by the end of 16th century. One immediate reason of development of this school was that a large number of artists migrated from Mandu to Mewar after Baj Bahadur, the ruler of Mandu was defeated by Mughals in 1570. Nathdwar is a substyle of mewar school of painting 

•  Nathdwara  (Rajasthan) is the main centre to make these paintings. 
• Pichwais mean 'at the back of', and these paintings are hung in the temples behind the deity. holding govardhan moountain...talk of cosmic union of brahman and consciousness
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