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Quiet Side of Jainpur

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Who knew there was hand printing museum in Jaipur? Well. neither did I, which is why we did not know to ask at the Jaipur hotels. We had to go to Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing, why not? Beverly is a library conservator who works for a university in Oregon. When I asked her about it when really wanted to go. I thought maybe she had had enough with books and wanted to get away from the business for a while while we traveled about India, but she insisted what I quietly thought to myself as a busman’s holiday, so to speak and so we planned to go there. It would be hard though, Jainpur is a beautiful place, and it would be hard to overlook a small printing museum in place of the Amber Palace, for instance. The name slowly became more clear as it turns out it is named for the chain of boutiques in India. the textiles here then reflect the cloth printing traditions of  India and a beautiful way to celebrate them and preserve them, and we saw a print artist on hand who gave a a demonstration of her art and technique. We had to find the Biharji Temple to find the place, and it is a hidden diamond in the rough. Here we took in the various traditions and could observe many of the hand tools and implements. The museum has stimulated the local hand block printing that once thrived here, and sits in a four hundred year old house called a vaveli, and is removed and quiet away from the city. There is also a place to purchase the works of the artisans as well as house wares, so it is easy to get your credit card out and treats yourself to the lovely works of these Jainpur artisans.

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Tags: Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing, Jaipur hotels, vaveli

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