: How did a gurudwara in Dehradun become the richest treasure of murals in the entire region? #IndiaNEWS Growing up down the road from Dehradun’s oldest neighbourhood, my childhood afternoons were

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How did a gurudwara in Dehradun become the richest treasure of murals in the entire region? #IndiaNEWS
Growing up down the road from Dehradun’s oldest neighbourhood, my childhood afternoons were spent learning to walk and later hopscotching between the sun-warmed steps and cool checkerboard floors at the gurudwara of Baba Ram Rai. This 17th-century religious complex of Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib – nicknamed Jhandeji after the flag hoisted in its courtyard every year – continues to be the beating heart of the city centuries after it was built.One of the gurudwara’s most striking features is the profusion of wall paintings decorating the buildings and gates, some of them dating back to its very inception. When I was younger, they fascinated me, even in their neglected state. In his book Early Wall Painting of Garhwal, art historian BP Kamboj validates my wonder and emphasises the importance of this site: “...the wall paintings of Darbar Guru
Rai in Dehradun…are the richest treasure of murals in the whole region and the only specimen of the earlier mural tradition of Garhwal.� Through about 500 paintings of Sikh gurus, Puranic myths, community leaders and ordinary citizens, the walls of Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib serve as a public index – of political shifts, artistic currents, and, through them all, Dehradun’s local history –...Read more

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