Garhwal

Dehradunदेहरादून

The curved blade of the Gorkha soldier, shaped and finished by hand in a city with a long Gorkha history.

Crafts made here

शिल्प

Khukri making
The curved blade of the Gorkha soldier, shaped and finished by hand in a city with a long Gorkha history.
Tibetan sand-casting
Tibetan carpets
Appliqué
Natural-dye fabric
Jaunsari embroidery

मेले और त्योहार

Festival
Phool Deiफूलदेई
The first day of Chaitra, in mid-March
Villages across Kumaon and Garhwal
Children go from house to house leaving fyoli and buransh flowers on each doorstep, a blessing for the year.

कार्य

Proposed
Shore's Well
Conservation · Dehradun
Visited by INTACH's Architectural Heritage Division for its proposed conservation.
Book and exhibition
Shri Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib
Documentation, research and books · Dehradun
An illustrated storybook for children, and an online exhibition.
Research
Architectural Heritage of Dehradun
Documentation, research and books · Dehradun
2025
Historic Cities Series
Programmes · Dehradun
Dehradun at the national symposium, and four Dehradun themes in the Our Cities Speak exhibition at the India Habitat Centre.

शाखाएँ

Dehradun Chapterदेहरादून
Meets in Dehradun. Heritage quizzes for forty schools, teacher workshops with the Forest Department, a city photography competition, and the Historic Cities Series discussion on Dehradun's heritage.
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Mussoorie Chapterमसूरी
Meets in Mussoorie. Walks from Landour Bazaar to Benog Hill, the Landour Lecture Series with the Mussoorie Heritage Centre, and a walk with Geological Survey of India scientists past the fossils of Gun Hill.
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Uttarakhand State Chapterउत्तराखण्ड
Works across all thirteen districts, Dehradun among them.
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