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Indian art, carried forward to a new generation.

Chitranjali — Samman Samaroh About the Sansthan

Ms. Vimlesh Brijwall, Secretary, Megh Mandal Sansthan, Barmer, Rajasthan, in a meeting with the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Ms. Vimlesh Brijwall, Secretary, Megh Mandal Sansthan, meeting the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Chitranjali
Raja Ravi Varma Chitrakar Samman Samaroh
Pan-India
A national stage for regional talent
Kalā-sādhanā
कला-साधना — discipline and devotion
About

Art belongs in everyday life, not only in museums and books

Megh Mandal Sansthan is a socio-cultural institution working towards the preservation, promotion and wider public reach of Indian art, culture and heritage. It was founded in the belief that India’s artistic traditions — rich, layered and centuries in the making, belong not only in museums and books, but in the everyday life of the people who inherit them.

At its core, the Sansthan holds a simple conviction: that art is never merely decorative. It is a society’s memory, its culture and its identity, given visible form.

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The Sansthan delegation in audience with the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan
In audience with the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Flagship initiative

Chitranjali

Raja Ravi Varma Chitrakar Samman Samaroh

Chitranjali is not merely a felicitation ceremony. It is a national platform of respect for Indian painting, for the discipline and devotion (कला-साधना) that artistic life demands, and for the cultural inheritance that painters across generations have kept alive.

About Chitranjali
Awardees and guests of honour together on stage at Chitranjali
Awardees and guests of honour on stage at Chitranjali.
Our work

Six connected areas of work

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Preservation & promotion

Indian painting and cultural heritage, through documentation, research and public programming.

02

Recognition of artists

Honours, felicitation ceremonies and platforms that bring visibility to painters working outside the national spotlight.

03

Exhibitions & programmes

Art shows, lectures, seminars and events held both in India and, in time, abroad.

Leadership

“Our objective is to ensure that Indian art and culture are not confined to museums and books alone, but reach the wider public the artists of today, and the generations still to come.”

Vimlesh Brijwall — Secretary, Megh Mandal Sansthan
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Gallery

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The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, with the Sansthan delegation at Rashtrapati Bhavan A painting being presented to the President of India A painting presented to the President of India, with the artist present A framed artwork presented to the President of India Awardees and guests of honour on stage at Chitranjali Guests of honour lighting the ceremonial lamp at Chitranjali 2018 An artist receiving the Award of Honour at Chitranjali 2017

An invitation to everyone who shares this vision

The Sansthan’s work depends on the support of society, the art community, institutions, the corporate world and art enthusiasts alike.

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