Nathdwara painting refers to a tradition and school of artists that emerged in Nathdwara over 400 years ago, a town in Rajsamand district in the Western state of Rajasthan in India. Nathdwara paintings are of different sub-styles of which Pichwai paintings are the most popular. The word Pichwai derives from the Sanskrit words ‘pich’ meaning back and ‘wais’ meaning hanging. This is the cloth hung behind the image of the Hindu god Shreenathji.
