Tanjore Art Plate

The gleaming statue in all its 'uthsavam' (festival) finery is a mesmerizing sight. From solid stone temple architecture and bronze figurines with well-chiselled features to the grand gold-foil, jewel-encrusted Tanjore paintings and the elaborately carved brass lamps, Tamil Nadu's traditional art and craft define variety and splendour in all its bright hues. It was with the view to preserve and foster these art forms that Poompuhar the handicrafts development corporation of the Government of Tamil Nadu was formed.