Special Feature: ‘Literature, Art, Architecture, Culture and Heritage of Rajasthan’
by Praveen Mirdha and Divya Joshi
Abstract
Monsoon arrives in Rajasthan with certain cultural signatures and finds its rhythm in music, songs, stories and popular culture of the state, each a reflection of how the season lives on in the folklore and oral traditions of Rajasthan. Monsoon celebrates nature’s abundance and the season’s essence has been timelessly captured, preserved and celebrated through art and architecture, literature and miniatures of the region, all echoing the sound and soul of the showers. While the water level rises in the stepwells connecting nature, divinity and abundance during the rainy season, the ecology of Rajasthan rooted in its cultural heritage finds expression through folk arts steeped in local language and idiom.<div><br></div>