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Admired as timeless treasure, the Royal art and culture is set to peep outside the Palace boundaries and get acknowledged by the art lovers.
Royal Fables, a Delhi-based heritage platform is bringing together Royalties from across India under one roof - for the first time in Ahmedabad - to showcase their art, fashion, textiles and products made in the leading palace studios. To be held on August 9, the Ahmedabad edition of Royal Fables is the ninth edition since its launch in 2010 in New Delhi.
"There will be about 28 Royal families from different parts of India showcasing their art and fashion. We are encouraging more Royal families to join and exhibit their rich heritage in the form of art and culture. However, there is still some resistance and shyness among them to connect with people outside the palaces," said Anshu Khanna, founder, Royal Fables.
The expo will be launched by Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad of Baroda and Uday Mahurkar, a Maratha noble and senior journalist. The selection of Gujarat was a conscious decision considering the rich Royal heritage of the State, which is home to over a dozen Royal families, stated Khanna.
"Ahmedabad makes for an ideal place to exhibit modern Royal art as it holds Unesco Heritage City tag. Ahmedabad is the only city in India to be built by merchants and not Royals as in the case of other heritage places. This makes it unique," said Umang Hutheesing of Hutheesing Design Company in Ahmedabad.
Some of the prominent Royal families that will participate in the exposition with their own design labels and studios include Princess Vashnavi Kumari of Kishangarh, Princess Krishna Kumari of Panna, Rani Kavita Kumari of Jodhpur, Kanwarani Geetanjali Singh of Idar, and R K Geetanjali Shah of Tehri Garwal.
"This is an effort to revive art from palaces. Going forward we will also launch a website to promote this art and make it accessible to wider mass. In Gujarat, we are reaching out to royal families and get them familiar with the business model and modern taste of Royal art and culture," said Khanna.
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