Bhavnagar Culture

The Bhavnagar culture tradition is very spirited. The culture of Bhavnagar reflects in its artworks and handicrafts. The Bhavnagar craft and artwork is typical of a distinctive spirit that it shares with the Bhavnagar People and with the people of Gujarat. The markets and the numerous small shops in the Bhavnagar display various handicrafts, created by the experienced artisans of Bhavnagar. The Bhavnagar craftwork and artwork represents the bequest of the tradition and culture of artworks, which the state of Gujarat has preserved for hundreds of years. The Bhavnagar city is famous for its lovely beadworks, beautiful jewelry designing and unique painting.

The artwork and craft of Bhavnagar city has developed in the past years by means of a method of assimilation that has provided the artisans a best opportunity to enlarge the horizon of creative ideas and knowledge. Hence, Bhavnagar city produces cotton drapes with embroidery famous in the various regions of the Gujarat. The Bhavnagar has been known as a cotton trading place. The Bhavnagar has also succeeded due to the trade in diamonds. The beautifully carved diamonds which are creatively designed in Bhavnagar city, shows the perfectness of the artisans in this craftwork. The Bhavnagar city is also well known for its beadwork. Besides these artworks, furniture made of lacquer work is also very famous in the outer parts of Bhavnagar city. The villages situated outside the Bhavnagar city are also engaged in handloom weaving.

The Shri Khodidas Parmar is one of the well-known artists of the India, who belongs to the city of Bhavnagar. This painter of Bhavnagar is proficient in traditional and folk style. His artwork has been acknowledged and congratulated by various art schools in India. The Shri Khodidas Parmar is nowadays busy in accumulating beautiful drawings and impressions of the cultural motifs famous in Gujarat for his book on Fork Motifs of Kutch and Saurashtra areas.

The Bhavnagar culture tradition can be seen in its handicrafts work. The shopping markets of Bhavnagar city houses little stores and shops displaying numerous things, created with great effort and interest by the experienced artisans of the city. Bhavnagar is famous for its artworks like Gohilwad Rabari and Koli embroidery work, bead work, jewellery designing work and traditional painting artwork, lovely bird hangings artwork, creative pottery artwork, bronze and copper work, metal-embossed woodwork and stonework. The decorative things like belts, chopat, carpets, torans, and caps are some of the excellent items of bead-work. The Bhavnagar is also famous for cotton drapes decorated with embroidery work which you will also find it in other parts Gujarat. The famous traditional embroidery done in Bhavnagar is very excellent and impressive. Apart from bead work and embroidery work Bhavnagar is also well recognized for its carved diamonds. These diamonds are then exported to various places of the country. The impressive work on diamond shows the mastery of the artisans in this Handicrafts in Bhavnagar. The Bhavnagar is also famous for furniture with beautiful lacquer work which is available in the outer parts of Bhavnagar.

The Bhavnagar city promotes and encourages the traditional Bhavnagar Folk Dances such as Kathiavadi folk dances which are even today performed in the royal palaces by artisans. The artisans perform in the shows which are organized in the palaces in order to keep this Bhavnagar culture and tradition alive. The Garba and Dandya is a another dance form which is popular all over Gujarat.