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What’s Inside Rajasthan’s Big Art Collection? 🤔

Rajasthan’s culture is shown with 37 items like painted pictures, bright fabrics, and wooden elephants.

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Key Points

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The collection mixes old traditions with modern achievements.

Wooden elephants are carved and painted with traditional patterns.

Silver statues show the folk hero Veer Tejaji riding a horse with a spear.

Paintings include Pichwai, Phad, and Pattachitra styles that tell religious stories.

Textiles feature decorated turbans, a yellow pagdi, and embroidered shawls.

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The items include special statues of a brave folk hero named Veer Tejaji and a decorated elephant with a seat called a howdah.

Artists have created different kinds of paintings that tell stories about gods, heroes, and festivals.

Traditional clothing such as colorful turbans and embroidered shawls are part of the display.

All of these treasures are being sold in an online auction that ends on October 2, 2026.

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mementos

objects kept to remember something special

handcrafted

made by hand, not by machines

howdah

a seat placed on the back of an elephant for people to sit on

deity

a god or divine figure that people worship

Pichwai

a picture painting from Rajasthan that shows stories of a god

Phad

a long cloth painting that tells a story when you look at it

Pattachitra

a style of painting on cloth that shows pictures of myths

angavastras

traditional cloths worn over the shoulders

gota

shiny decorative strips used on clothing

pran pratishtha

a ceremony that gives life to a sacred statue

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