Textiles: Rajasthan is known for its excellent cotton fabric, and the variety of forms the cloth is available in is truly amazing. The towns of Sanganer and Bagru (both near jaipur) produce the highly popular block printed cloth, which created, usually in floral patterns, using vegetable dyes.

Jewellery: Rajasthan’s people both women as well as men – wear a lot of jewellery, and the production of jewellery, in silver, gold and precious stones, ranks as a major craft in the state. Chunky silver jewellery, in the form of earrings, necklaces, anklets and armlets is highly popular in rural Rajasthan, and is sometimes embellished with bits of coloured glass.

Woodwork: The desert may not produce too much wood, but what there is – along with wood imported from other parts of India – is beautifully worked by local craftsmen into excellent statues, furniture and other objects d’art.

Stoneware: Rajasthan is famous for its stone: whether it is the lovely golden beige sandstone of the desert, the famous greenish blue or brown limestone know as kota stone; or the stunning white marble from Makrana.

Pottery: Although it is a big difficult to pack and take away – due to chances of breaking – Rajasthan’s fascinating range of pottery and earthenware is worth looking over. Different parts of the state have their own distinct styles of pottery – Alwar, for instance, is famous for its thing earthenware know as kagzi pottery; the village of Mollela is renowned for its terracotta ware especially its fine relief’s of deities such as Ganesh; while Jaipur, the capital, is famed for its blue pottery.

Pichhwai: A traditional art of Nathdwara, pichhwai is inextricably tied up with Nathdwara’s guardian deity, Krishna, for this form of art always depicts Krishna himself, in his different forms and moods.