Art and craft information for tourists in Himachal Pradesh - Swan Tour
There are a lot of travelers who visit Himachal for art and culture , Swan Tours , one of the leading travel agents in India organises such trips on a regular basis .More information on sculpture tourism in Himachal is as below: Himachal Pradesh Art Himachal Pradesh Culture For tourists who are interested in Himachali sculpture, this can be divided into three groups: the mythological and human figures; the animal figures; and the agricultural designs. The mythological figures are found in a large number of temples but human figures are very few. Human figures are generally seen in the form of ldwarpals'; 'ganas', 'gandharvas', attendants and some royal person-ages. Only in the last case the artist has worked with more freedom. In other cases, the priests prescribed the type and attributed the signs of divinities and demonic or spiritual characters and the sculptors were only allowed to interpret the fixed descriptions. There are not many animal fig...