Nathdwara has a small but throbbing township around the temple. Its shopping in the bylanes is a great revelation. It is famous for its 'Pichwai Paintings', with Shri Krishna in the centre of various raas-lila pictures depicting godly acts, instances & dances and is recognized for profuse use of pure gold color.
Devotees also prefer to buy specially made frames of Shri Nath ji, depicting various practices of dressing and rituals of the Lord for prayers at their house, made by local artists, as photographs of the idol are strictly prohibited.
Apart from the temple complex, Nathdwara is famous for its âName on the Riceâ stalls. The city is flooded with artists â some sitting on the street, some on benches and others in shops â promising to paint your name on a grain of rice. âAlthough it may look simple, it is extremely difficult to paint a personâs name on rice. But now we are used to it,â shares Ramnaresh Tripathi, who is carrying forward his ancestral art of writing names on the rice grains.
