Beneficiaries undergoing training at the Saksham Project

Academic Initiative

At the Art Appreciation Series

A five-day art appreciation series, themed 'Indian temples- Art and Architecture,' was curated by the PN Choyal Memorial Trust. The sessions were held from the 1st to 5th July, 2018 at the Udaipur Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The speakers for the event; Mr Pratyush Shankar, Dr Deepak Kannal, Dr Jayaram Poduval, Mr Ananya Singhal and Dr P. Jha, took the audience on a visual journey across India and across time; from the earliest shrines to the large temple complexes, from simplicity to intricacy, from the profane to the sacred. This series captured the audiences with its ability to make itself relevant and leave them with something to take-back home. These enriching sessions were attended by Dr. Mayank Gupta, Dr. Hansmukh Seth, Mr. Prashant Lohar and Ms. Chelsea Santos from MMCF.

From Left: Dr Mayank Gupta, Mr Prashant Lohar, Ms Chelsea Santos and Dr Hansmukh Seth

At the EASAA 2018

Dr. Neeraja Poddar, Curator, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, participated in the 24th conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, held in Naples, Italy from 1st July to 6th July 2018. She presented a paper titled "Narrative Techniques in Nepali Painting: A Comparative Study" as part of the session on Himalayan art.

Publications by the Curator

Dr. Neeraja Poddar, Curator, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur, has recently published two articles in international journals. They are: Krishna goes to War: Translating the Bhagavata's Battle Scenes in International Journal of Hindu Studies (Volume 22, No.1, 2018) and Scattered Stories: Two Rijksmuseum Bhagavata Illustrations in Context in Aziatische Kunst (Volume 48, No. 1, 2018).

Developments in Maharana Mewar Special Library

MMSL is a world-class special library. By this month Maharana Mewar Special Library has a collection of more than 34631 books of different varieties. Library has special collection of books on Literature, Religion, History, Arts, Zoology, Sports and General Geography about different part of India and globe and rare collection of books on Mewar dynasty.

20 new books were received in this month and all the books were processed in Accession Register. Classification done by Dewey decimal classification 19th Rev. Edition, Cataloguing (AACR II) and Bibliography; details uploaded in Library housekeeping software. Libsys and Eternal Mewar web site http://eternalmewar.in/mmsl. Stamping, tagging and scanning was also performed all these books.

The details and images of important books which were added to the library in the month of July 2018 were Mertiyon ke gaurav geet, Philosopher's stone: (A novel), Artful life of R. Vijay, Photowallah, WelcomZest : An appetite for the good life - following the coffee bean trail, Bonesetter's Daughter, Joy luck club, Art for conservation, Immortal tales of our past, All for you namaste, Story of India's Unicorns, Coins and coin hoards of Rajasthan, Rasikapriya: Ritikavya of Keshavdas in ateliers of love : Love poetry Braj translation into English, Ajmer Sharif : Awaking of sufism in South Asia, Power of the female.