MeraPahad Community Of Uttarakhand Lovers

Dear Parashar Ji
It is correct that Harish Juyal went on the foot prints of Kanhaya lal Dandriyal in many ways for creating Satical and humrous poems in garhwali and Juyal  accepted the fact that he is true follower of kanhaya Lal Dandriyal
However, this poem' structure is based on Rakhwali and harish Juyal is the only expert of creating poetries on the base of Rakhwali and not Kanhya lal Dandriyal . The reason is that grand father of Harish Juyal was Jagri and harish used to give Bhoun when his grand father used to perform Jagar in Ghadelas
you love Kanhaya lal Dandriyal the great poet of Garhwali and so all do
Yes!  Kanhaya lal Dandriyal initiated creating poetry with mixing hindi with Garhwali and learned critic Bhagwati Prasad Nautiyal criticzed Danriyal left and right in Hilans magazine .Though till date I could not understand what nautiyal wanted to express



2010/4/19 Parashar Gaur <parashargaur@yahoo.com>

कुकरेती जी ,
      कुटज जी की कबिता  फुन्द्यानाथ  मिली पड़ी !   जैसे ही  पहले दो पंग्तिया देखि   और पड़ी तो एका एक स्वर्गीय डंडरियाल  जी की कबिता  "मूड माह्देब "  जहन पर उत्तर आया फिर तो लगा की कुटज जी ने उनको अपनी पूरी कबिता में उत्तार दिया ! कुलमिलाकर स्टिक अच्हा है . एक और बात .. !  .  फुन्द्यानाथ और ४२० में में बहुत अंतर है ?  दोनों एक दुसरे  की  बिरोधी है   ! फुन्द्यानाथ  बे बात में चोधरी पन ज्यादा है   .. हर बात में  " मै "  ! .. आने आगे आकर शेखिया जताना !  जबकि ४२० बोले तो  जाल साजी/ हेरा  / फेरी ..आदि आदि !..   अच लगा की उन्होंने डंडरियाल जी की कबिता की सही अनुबाद चाहे  दुसरे रूप     में  ही  सही किया !
पराशर गौर

Critical History of Garhwali literature
History of Himalayan Literature
History of Indian Literature
Uma Bhatt : Expert of Creating  Images  of Rural Garhwali Females
                     Bhishma Kukreti
  After initiation of Uttarakhand movement, many female poets came in Garhwali poetic field. Uma Bhatt is one of the such female poets who impressed the intellectual thinkers by her portraying a common Garhwali village, the social, religious and spiritual culture of Kedar valley and Nagpur area of upper Garhwal. Uma Bhatt has a specialty as Beena Benjwal  that she uses the dialects of upper Garhwal in her literature and this makes her different than others.
Uma Bhatt  was born in village, Andrvadi, Guptkashi , Rudraprayag Garhwal as Saklani girl.
  After passing Shashtri and M A degree, she joined education department and she teaches in a school. She is also editor of two magazines and writes Hindi poetry in Hindi language.
   Recently, she published her poetry collection Dwi Akhar a  Garhwali language. Learned critics and writers as Dr Data Ram Purohit, Shri Dhar Khali, Om Prakash Semwal and Prem Singh Gusain appreciated her efforts. Dr Purohit remarks that she is the expert of creating real images of a Garhwali women engaged in her struggle for benefiting her family and the society. Uma Bhatt uses symbols of rural Garhwal and those were not used in Garhwali poets before Uma could do so. The experts of folk literature of upper Garhwal Dr Purohit further elaborates that she is remarkable in using proverbs and figures of speech effectively to describe her subject in poetic form.
Her poetries are published in many newsletters, magazines and Akashvani relayed her many Garhwali poetries.
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Art of Himalaya
Himalayan Art and Artists
Art and Artists of Garhwal and Kumaun
Chaitu and Manku  : Who Painted  ‘Rape of the Yadav Women ‘ and ‘Krishna Tax  from a Gopi’
                                               Bhishma Kukreti
   
 ( Barrister Mukandi Lal is credited for popularizing the history of Garhwali ChitrKala or Garhwali art all over the globe. Dr Bhakt Darshan, Dr Shiv Prasad Dabral and dr Yashvant Singh Katoch, Dr shiv Prasad Naithani, Mohan Lal Babulkar, Dr Shiv Bahadur singh, Shri Budhi Ballabh Dyundi and Shrimati Durgavati Dyundi are praised for researches and popularizing  Garhwali art and its history )

    Chaitu and Manku brothers are famous artists of Garhwal, Himalaya . Though, there is no agreement among the historian for the village of Chaituand Manku and their life span, most of the historians and artists claim that Chaitu and Manku were contemporary artists of famous poet and artist Maularam (1743-1833)
 Chaitu and manku were born in village Rampur of Chalansyun Patti, Pauri Garhwal. Dr Katoch says that Chitram or Chaitu and Manak Ram or Manku were the last of Phadi Kala (Garhwali art) generation.
 Both lived in Shrinagar then the capital of Garhwal .
N C Mehta, Chakravatrti, Carl Khandlwala and Randhava did researches on Chaitu amnd Mankram .
 The paintings named ‘ Yadviyon ka haran or Rapes on Yadav Women’ and ‘krishn Dwara Kar Vasuli or Tax by Krishna’ are famous paintings of Chaitu and there are signatures of Chaitram on both the paintings.
 There is signature of ‘Chetaye te gher de‘ (From the house of Chaitu) ‘ on a painting ‘Rukmani Haran’ painting (is in Bharat Kala Sangrah)
 According to N C Mehta,   Manku is famous for  ‘ Geet Govind’ paintings
There is distinct effects of Kangada style on all the paintings of Chaitu and Manku.. Krishna is in the dress of Mughul style.
 
   
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Art of Himalaya
Art and artists of Garhwal and Kumaun, Uttarakhand
Garhwali Chitrkala
       Line  Drawing Artist and Painter    Bharat Singh Rautela
            Bhishma Kukreti
     There is no much detail available about birth and death of Bharat Singh Rautela. However, it is a known fact that Bharat Singh Rautela was contemporary of world famous drawing artist and painter Puran Chandra Badola of Badoli  Chaundkot, Pauri Garhwal . Bharat Singh Rautela spent his life in old Tihri till his death. He used to publish his drawings and paintings in famous magazines as Sarswati and Madhuri . Many of his paintings and line drawings are in Tihri Naresh Sangralaya Tihri.. Bhakt darshan praised his art and painting very much in many articles.
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Pahadi Chitrkala
Himalayan PArt
Paintings of  Himalaya
Art of Garhwal and Kumaun
Garhwali Paintings
                                            Garhwali Paintings
                                Dr Yashvant Singh Katoch
                                Translator: Bhishma Kukreti
 Review:
The art critics call the art of Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Garhwal and Kumaun as ‘Pahadi Chitrkala or  Paintings of Himalaya  . Phadi Kala is part of of Rajputa Chitrkala but with difference. Before the introduction of Rajput style in mountains of Himalaya, the style was referred as Kangada style. Due to ignoring characteristics of Aurangzeb the Mogul King and thereafter weakening of  Mogul kingdom, the artists started migrating towards Himalayan kingdoms. Fortunately, the artists got the art lover king Sansarchand of Kanga (Himachal Pradesh). By the appreciation of King of Kangada Sansarchand for art and artists, Pahadi painting developed with speed. The critics call the time of 1786-1805 as the Golden Period for Pahadi Paintings. Expert of Rajput Painting Dr Kumarswamy says, “ The Pahadi or Kangada style provided an exclusive style of presenting very beautiful, desirable, extra ordinarily attractive women in the paintings, this is its own creation and recognition too and  there is no limit of attraction.” In other article, Kumarswamy writes,” if Chinese paintings could present splendid geographical images (Nature) the Pahadi style paintings could present the memorable love scenes”
History:
Pahadi style of Paintings developed in three specific zones or branches-
1- Basohali
2-Kangada
3-Garhwal
Though, Barrister Mukandi Lal  is credited to bring Garhwali paintings into lime light I beginning of twentieth century , Kumarswamy will be called the first art critic who told about Garhwali painting in his famous book Rajput Paitning (1916) .
 The development of Garhwali style painting is the result of historical happenings in Garhwal then a sovereign nation. Suleman the eldest son of Dara Sikoh (son of Shahjahan ) took asylum in Shrinagar Garhwal at the time of king Prithwipati Shah in 1658AD. Along with Suleman, two prominent court artists   of Shahjahan  Tomar Shamdas and his son Haridas -also came to  Shrinagar Garhwal. After nineteenth months, thearmy of Aurangzeb took away Suleman Shikoh but the artists settled in Shrinagar. Both artists got the position of court artists (Tasveerdar) in the court of Prithwipatishah
  When the art of Shamdas and Haridas was on its zenith, prince Pradyumanshah son of Prithweepatishah got married to the princess of Guler (Kangada) . It was obvious that the artists of both the kingdoms interact with each others.  That is the reason that critic believe in Garhwali style effected Kangada style and kangada style effected Garhwali style paintings .
 In 1829 the king of Kangada Anirudh Chand had to leave his kingdom and came to Haridwar (part of Garhwal kingdom) There in Haridwar, his two sisters were married to the King of Garhwal Sudarshan Shah and there is possibilities that the exiled king of Kangada offered kangada paintings and artists to the king of Garhwal.  Though , Kishori Lal Vaidya an art critic connect this historical points for effect of Kangada paintings on Garhwali paintings but the time factor does not permit to accept so.
Maularam a Prominent Painter of Garhwali painting:
 Apart from artist duo Shamdas Tomar and Haridas Tomar, there have been fine painters as Heera lal, Heeranand  and Mangatram. They might have painted the paintings which are not having there names on the available Garhwali paintings.
 Maularam (1743-1833) was the fourth generation of Haridas .. Maularam was the son of fine artist Mangatram.
  Maularam was the devotee of Kali Jagdamba. In one painting which he portrayed he is worshipping Kali godess. There was effects of saints and sages on Maularam. He was also follower of Gorakhnath sect and in his last span of life he became follower of Manmanth sect (believer of shapeless god) . That is the reason, he developed high imagination power. Initial his paintings are effected by Mogul style but slowly he inclined towards Garhwali and Kangada styles. He was also rewarded by Sansarchand king of Kangada nad nepalis praised his painting. The governor of Nepal kaji Hastidal Chauteria praised the art of Maularam in Nepali verses.
 The king Jaikrit Shah appreciated his wok but it is believed that there was disagreement between Maularam and price Parakram Shah. After debacle by  earthquake and Gorkha attack, Shrinagar lost its glory and it was no more capital of Garhwal Kingdom. Even then Maularam did not leave Shrinagar.
Maularam was of multifarious talents. He was great poet, historian and philosopher. Maularam used to write poems on many his paintings.
 His paintings are as :
1-Morpriya- is the painting of his young age
2-Maynkmukhi painting is painted in his old age
3-Utkanthita Nayika and Jaidev Bazir are one of the best paintings of Maularam
4-‘Dampati’ painting portrayed the king Pradyumn Shah and his queen and is high standard painting
5-Due to very high standard of painting ‘ Radha - Krishn Milan’ , the apinting was exhibited in many art galleries and exhibitions.
6-The love paintings of Maularam are ’Vipralambha Nayika’,’Sitar Priya’, ’Hindola’, ’Mastani’, Vasakshayya’.
7-chandrmukhi
Maularam used to paint his name and date of finishing the painting. Invariabily Maularam used to write poems on the painting and he was the expert of blending poetry and visible art.
Art critics j c French, A Ghos and many appreciated the works of Maularam
Successors of Maularam as Garhwali Painters
 The following paiters were family succesors of Maularam who created Garhwali paintings too
1- Jwala Ram son of Maularam: there are sixty three paintings of Jwalaram in the collection of Barrister Mukandi Lal . Three paintings are in the collections of Nurpur king
2-Shiv Ram son of Maularam: According to art critics Shiv Ram was finner painter tha Jwalaram
3-Atma ram grand son of Maularam: two paintings ‘Shiv Parvati’ and ‘Radhakrishn’ are in the collection of g K Joshi
4-Tejram grand son of Maularam
5-Hariram great grand son of Maularam
6-Tulsi Ram great grand son of Maularam
Chaitu and Manku
Chaitu and Manku brothers are famous artists of Garhwal, Himalaya . Though, there is no agreement among the historian for the village of Chaituand Manku and their life span, most of the historians and artists claim that Chaitu and Manku were contemporary artists of famous poet and artist Maularam (1743-1833)
 Chaitu and manku were born in village Rampur of Chalansyun Patti, Pauri Garhwal. Dr Katoch says that Chitram or Chaitu and Manak Ram or Manku were the last of Phadi Kala (Garhwali art) generation.
 Both lived in Shrinagar then the capital of Garhwal .
N C Mehta, Chakravatrti, Carl Khandlwala and Randhava did researches on Chaitu amnd Mankram .
 The paintings named ‘ Yadviyon ka haran or Rapes on Yadav Women’ and ‘krishn Dwara Kar Vasuli or Tax by Krishna’ are famous paintings of Chaitu and there are signatures of Chaitram on both the paintings.
 There is signature of ‘Chetaye te gher de‘ (From the house of Chaitu) ‘ on a painting ‘Rukmani Haran’ painting (is in Bharat Kala Sangrah)
 According to N C Mehta,   Manku is famous for  ‘ Geet Govind’ paintings
There is distinct effects of Kangada style on all the paintings of Chaitu and Manku.. Krishna is in the dress of Mughul style.
Museums and Collection Centers where Garhwali Paintings are available
1- Maharaj Narendra Shah collection , Tihri Garhwal
2-Collection of prince Vichitr Shah, purana Darbar Tihri
3-Collection of rao Virendra Shah (Dehradun)
4-Bhartiy Kala Bhawan Varanasi (kunvar Vichitr Shah collection)
5-The collection of heir of Balak Ram , Shrinagar
6-Collection of Mukandi lal Kotdwar
7-Collection of Maharaj Nurpur
8-Collection of diwan Chakrdhar Juyal
9-Collection of barrister Manak , Patna
10-Collection of girja Kishor Joshi, Almoda
11-Collection of Ajit Ghos , Kolkatta
12-Collection of R K Kajriwal, Kolkatta
13-Collection of Onkar Chand Sud, Shimla
14-Collection of Kastur Bhai Lal Ji Bhai , Ahmedabad
15- Collection of J C French
16-British Museum , London,
17-Victoria Museum, London
18- Boston museum, USA
19-Rashtriy sangrahalay, Delhi
20-Rajya sangrahalay Lucknow
Copyright @ Dr Yashvant Singh Katoch, Garhwal, Uk, India