The DakshinaChitra Museum here is revisiting craft groups it explored 20 years ago. What has changed? What do craftspeople feel about their work? The first conference here was organised by the Madras ...

DakshinaChitra is back with its annual LangFest and this time, it carries a little bit of history with it. A tradition followed since 2021, this year’s edition (the sixth) will play out under the ...

DakshinaChitra is organising a workshop on kantha embroidery for adults on its campus at Muttukadu here on February 3. DakshinaChitra is organising a workshop on kantha embroidery for adults on its ...

The DakshinaChitra heritage museum, a project of the non-governmental organisation Madras Craft Foundation, was opened to the public on December 14, 1996. It is a cross-cultural living history museum, ...

The work for the Ain Mane at Dakshinachitra Museum began in June 2023 and the same is ready to be inaugurated today. MADIKERI: The Kodava Ain Mane forms the epicenter of the culture of Kodava ...

The event, inaugurated on Sunday, will run until June 2, showcasing detailed paintings of India’s avian life, particularly species from the Western Ghats. CHENNAI: Blending science with artistic ...

CHENNAI: The annual LangFest will be held at DakshinaChitra in Chennai from Feb 21 to 23. The theme of LangFest 2025 is “Art, Artists, and Language - how artists use language not only as a medium of ...

Over the past 20 years, DakshinaChitra has become one of the major hubs for art in Chennai. This cross-cultural living museum of art, architecture, lifestyles and performing arts of South India, is a ...

Chennai: At 51, P. John Kennedy is a newcomer. A government employee from Medavakkam, he took up cycling just six months ago. On his second hand cycle, he has already cycled more than 6,000 km, and ...