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2003

7 Day

Availability : All Across The Yeat

Varanasi

Min Age : 9+

Max People : 40

Tour Details

Best for Students, Designers, Corporate

Kalakari means craftsmanship. Varanasi is known as holy city, the city of temples, a spiritual, religious, educational and a centre for artisans. A lot of crafts are only significant to Varanasi like Silk weaving, wooden toy carving, Gulabi Minakari (silver metal painting), black pottery, carpet making, block printing and clay pottery.

Through “Kalakari”, we will try to understand and learn the art of Gulabi Minakari (a silver metal painting art transferred to few families of Varanasi by Nawabs and Mughals). We will also visit the Wooden Lacquered toy making and weavers village wherein we will learn the Handloom weaving and understand the challenges the weavers are facing, opportunities and threats. A dedicated workshop will be organised everyday only on learning Gulabi Minakari for 6 days after the end of which we intend to create a product ready with certifications. The workshop would be conducted at the house of 2 times National Award Winner. The workshop requires focus as the paintings done on silver metal which are very intricate & fine and sable brushes with thinnest hair is used to create designs. It also requires highest attention, continuity and team work spirit right from moulding, to sketching to filling up the colours and finishing same in furnace. One will have to
spend time in houses inside lanes of Varanasi which are also workshop for the families.

Meeting Point

On Request

Duration

7 Days Workshop

Price Includes

Workshop Fees
All Meals (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Tour Guide
Airport Pickup and Drop
Transport within city
Fees for various Lectures and visits, Hotel

Price Excludes

Any Private Expenses
Flight Tickets
Any Food or Beverages Bought
Any Packing items
Any Medical Or Emergency Services
Taxes
Any Extra charge due to change in plan because of weather and external factors

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival in Varanasi. Hotel Check in

Day 2

5.00am Morning Aarti followed by boat ride (boat ride tentative depends on Ganges water level due to Monsoon).
7.00am to 9.00am Meeting Rama Wrestler, Local Wrestling Techniques, It`s significance in reference to mythology, and Local Breakfast.
10.00am Return to hotel.
12 noon to 6pm Leave for Gai Ghat and attend Gulabi Minakari Workshop. Lunch in between.

#history
#raw materials
#tool description
#work of tools
#jewellery sketch designing
#practical

5pm to 6pm Hi Tea with Gualbi Minakari artisan family
6.30pm to 8pm Spare Time / could visit markets and places around. Dinner and return to hotel.

Day 3

8.30am to 11am – Wood carvers village visit and interaction with craftsmen
12noon to 6pm – Gulabi Minakari Workshop in Gai Ghat with Lunch in between
#structure
#silver melting
#silver wire making
#making silver sheet
#silver sheet rolling
#cutting of silver sheets
#making shape with silver wire
#making shape by silver sheet
#making finished jewellery structure
6.30pm to 8pm – Classical Music Concert with a musician family
8pm to 9.30pm – Dinner.

Day 4

8.30am to 11 am – Visit to weavers Village and interact with handloom weavers, visit Women Empowerment Centre.
2pm to 6pm – Gulabi Minakari Workshop with Lunch in Between
#making powder meena from raw meena
#applying method on jewellery
# putting in furnace
6.30pm to 8pm – Dinner.

Day 5

10am to 12 noon – Visit to Cremation Ghat and Understanding Life and Death Significance in
Varanasi.
12 noon to 1.00pm – Lunch
1pm to 6pm – Gulabi Minakari Workshop
#painting
#process of painting
#applying on meena jewellery
#putting in furnace
7.00pm to 8.00pm – Tea with Perfumer Sunny and Understanding how perfume works on human
body.
8pm – Dinner

Day 6

9am to 11.00 am – Visit to Faculty of Fine Arts to understand local art, sculptures, art forms etc.
If time allows small visit to Banaras Hindu University Temple and Library.
11am – Depart to Gai Ghat for workshop.
12 noon to 5pm – Gulabi Minakari Workshop – Lunch in between
#Beading techniques
#finishing of product
#workshop certification to every student
6pm to 8pm – Tea with Mr. Manish Morolia (largest supplier of Rudraksha across India) and
understand Rudraksha and its significance, types, origin and trading / Tea with Mr. Ajit Kapoor
& Understanding Fabrics of Banaras & Its Identification
8pm – Dinner

Day 7

7am to 9am – Exploring Varanasi Breakfast and the morning food culture.
11am to 2pm – Shopping/Market area visit
2pm to 4pm – Lunch and workshop windup with feedback and experience sharing
4pm – Depart to airport.