Arts in India

pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with India and its people

filmmaking industry in India

art from Indian Subcontinent cultures

literature in the Urdu language

thumb|Various Ganjifa cards from Dashavatara set Ganjifa, Ganjapa or Gânjaphâ, is a card game and type of playing cards that are most associated with Persia and India. After Ganjifa cards fell out of use in Iran before the twentieth century, India became the last country to produce them. The form prevalent in Odisha is Ganjapa.

thumb|Traditional kolam made with rice flour and kaavi borders for a house function at Tamil Nadu, India|260x260px thumb|upright=0.9|Traditional Agrahara kolam made with soaked rice flour or coloured rice for the festival of [[Thai Pongal, taken from a house in Singapore]] Kolam (, ), also known as Muggu (), Tarai Alangaram () and Rangole (), is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions. It is also drawn using white stone powder, chalk or chalk powder, often along with natural or synthetic color powders. It is a part of the South Indian c

Hāsya (Sanskrit: हास्य) is a Sanskrit word for one of the nine rasas or bhava (mood) of Indian aesthetics, usually translated as humour or comedy. The colour associated with hasya is white and deity, Pramatha, and leads to exultation of the mind.

Avadhānaṃ (literally meaning "concentration") is a genre of performance in India, where a performer (called the avadhāni) answers challenging questions from several questioners in parallel. The most popular variety, called sāhitya (literary) avadhānam involves the performer composing poetry, thereby entertaining the audience and demonstrating the poetic skills of the performer. The art form was developed particularly by Telugu poets in medieval times. It involves the partial improvisation of poems using specific themes, metres, forms, or words. There is a tradition of mentoring in Avadhanam. T

thumb|upright=1.3|Ganjapa cards thumb|"Atharangi Ganjapa" cards painted with traditional Pattachitra painting of Krishna in his [[Nabagunjara form]] Gånjåpā () are the traditional playing cards from the Indian state Odisha. It can also refer to the trick-taking card game that they are used for. It is played with circular shaped Pattachitra painted cards. Originated in the 16th century, Ganjaku is a recreational game for male members of the Odia society, primarily villagers, kings and their courtmen. Ganjapa is played as "Chārirångi" (cards of 4 colors), "Āṭhårångi" (cards of 8 colors), "Dåsårå

three-wheeled decorated passenger vehicle pulled by one person featured in Dhaka and Bangladesh