Imagine a god who appears to you as a mischievous child—you dance together in meadows, play with him, and gift him fruits and flowers. This may give you an idea of how the Hindu Pushtimarg community ...

The opening essay is written as a personal journey by the book’s editor Madhuvanti Ghose, Alsdorf Associate Curator at the Art Institute. If she weaves her childhood memories of visits to Nathdwara ...

“Dauji II Performing Arati on Sharada Purnima ” (first quarter of the 19th century), Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India, Amit Ambalal Collection (photo by Anuj Ambalal) (click to enlarge) One of India’s most ...

Showing now (and on till January 3, 2016) at the Art Institute of Chicago in Regenstein Hall is an exhibition that is possibly the first of its kind. It has more than 100 objects including pichvais ...

Located near Daruwala bridge and housed in a haveli, the north Indian equivalent of a wada, the Pushtimarg Mandir offers a rare flavour of Vaishnava faith in Pune. PUNE: Located near Daruwala bridge ...