Living Arts of India

First Online: October 07, 2001
Page Last Updated: February 17, 2024

Body painting, floral art, and Rangoli fall into a peculiar type of art, that are characterized by the temporary or ephemeral life of the artwork.  This section on the Living Arts of India explores such temporary art found in India.

Table of Contents

Painted Prayers Rangoli is a traditional art of decorating courtyards and walls of Indian houses, and places of worship	Saying' it with Flowers While the Western societies glamorized and commercialized the flowers, it is only the Indians who have blended their lives with flowers.
Body Art in India Tattoos, Henna, Piercing, and other body art in India.

• Ephemeral Dirt Sculpture Erected by a Beggar
• The Ephemeral Art of Rangoli
• Face Painting of a Folk Artist
• Here in the Morning, Gone by the Afternoon
• The Mehendi (henna) on a Bride's Hands
• Rangoli to Welcome God
• The Sacred Body Art