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'''Andretta''' |
'''Andretta''' is a village and an [[artists' colony]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]]. The artists' colony was established in the 1920s, when Irish theatre artiste and environmentalist, [[Norah Richards]], shifted here from Lahore. Near [[Palampur]] in the [[Kangra District]], with [[Dhauladhar]] range of the Himalayas as a backdrop, Andretta over the years has attracted many noted artists, theatre practitioners, painters and more recently potters. Two of the people who became associated with it early on were painters [[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]] and [[B. C. Sanyal]].<ref name=toi13/> |
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==History== |
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Norah, an actress originally from Ireland, married Philip Richards, who was a professor at [[Government College, Lahore]]. She arrived in [[Lahore]], an important cultural centre, in 1908. She later became vice-principal at [[Dayal Singh College, Lahore]]. |
Norah, an actress originally from Ireland, married Philip Richards, who was a professor at [[Government College, Lahore]]. She arrived in [[Lahore]], an important cultural centre, in 1908. She later became vice-principal at [[Dayal Singh College, Lahore]]. |
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In the following years, she played a pivotal role in establishing modern [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] theatre, staging plays with Punjabi themes. After the death of her husband, she went back briefly, only to return in 1924, when she made Andretta, a village near Palampur, her home. She built a traditional Kangra-style mud house, known as ‘Chameli Niwas’, employing local style and material, using mud, slate and bamboo. She also built a makeshift proscenium and invited Punjabi theatre amateurs and professionals to perform plays.<ref name=tri02>{{cite web| title =Fragrant memories of Norah |
In the following years, she played a pivotal role in establishing modern [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] theatre, staging plays with Punjabi themes. After the death of her husband, she went back briefly, only to return in 1924, when she made Andretta, a village near Palampur, her home. She built a traditional Kangra-style mud house, known as ‘Chameli Niwas’, employing local style and material, using mud, slate and bamboo. She also built a makeshift proscenium and invited Punjabi theatre amateurs and professionals to perform plays.<ref name=tri02>{{cite web| title =Fragrant memories of Norah Richard's Chameli Niwas|author=Charu Dogra |work=The Tribune| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020413/windows/main5.htm |date= 13 April 2002| access-date = 2014-02-17 }}</ref><ref name=out/> |
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In 1935, the District Commissioner of Kangra gave Richards 15 acres of land, and the Woodland Estate came into existence. She started a school of drama, and in time the village was known as "Mem-da-pind" (Village of [[Sahib#Colonial and modern use|Memsahib]]). |
In 1935, the District Commissioner of Kangra gave Richards 15 acres of land, and the Woodland Estate came into existence. She started a school of drama, and in time the village was known as "Mem-da-pind" (Village of [[Sahib#Colonial and modern use|Memsahib]]). |
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In its early days, travel to the village was not easy. It took a 12-hour train journey, followed by a bus ride, and the last nine miles from [[Banuri (village)|Banuri]] (the nearest village) were covered on foot. Even so, it started attracting artists from all over, especially Lahore. |
In its early days, travel to the village was not easy. It took a 12-hour train journey, followed by a bus ride, and the last nine miles from [[Banuri (village)|Banuri]] (the nearest village) were covered on foot. Even so, it started attracting artists from all over, especially Lahore. |
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This included painter [[B. C. Sanyal]] and professor Jai Dayal Singh, a pupil of Philip Richards from [[Lahore University]], through the 1940s. Sanyal started organizing painting exhibitions to fund the Norah Centre for Arts and a resort. Noted painter, [[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]], most known for making Sikh religious painting, moved in and stayed here till his death in 1986.<ref name=tri02/><ref name=out>{{cite web|title=Andretta Artists' Village: The Irish Lahorian |author=Charu Soni |url=http://traveller.outlookindia.com/destination.aspx?id=569&id1=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715024357/http://traveller.outlookindia.com/destination.aspx?id=569&id1=2 | |
This included painter [[B. C. Sanyal]] and professor Jai Dayal Singh, a pupil of Philip Richards from [[Lahore University]], through the 1940s. Sanyal started organizing painting exhibitions to fund the Norah Centre for Arts and a resort. Noted painter, [[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]], most known for making Sikh religious painting, moved in and stayed here till his death in 1986.<ref name=tri02/><ref name=out>{{cite web|title=Andretta Artists' Village: The Irish Lahorian |author=Charu Soni |url=http://traveller.outlookindia.com/destination.aspx?id=569&id1=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715024357/http://traveller.outlookindia.com/destination.aspx?id=569&id1=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-15 |access-date=2014-02-17 |publisher=Outlook Traveller }}</ref> Richards nurtured Punjabi theatre through the 1940s and 1960s, and came to be known as the "grandmother of Punjabi theatre."<ref>{{cite web| title = PU writers' home at Andretta |publisher=The Tribune, Chandigarh| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000711/himachal.htm#2|date= 11 July 2000|access-date = 2014-02-18 }}</ref> |
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Further on, Gurucharan Singh, a noted potter who started the Delhi Blue Pottery in the 1952, established base here. Active till the end, he died in 1995 at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite web | title = This above all: Master potter| |
Further on, Gurucharan Singh, a noted potter who started the Delhi Blue Pottery in the 1952, established base here. Active till the end, he died in 1995 at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite web | title = This above all: Master potter|work=The Tribune| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov14/saturday/aboveall.htm|date= 14 November 1998| access-date = 2014-02-17}}</ref> [[Freda Bedi]], mother of actor [[Kabir Bedi]], who converted to Buddhism, lived at the village for a while.<ref name=toi13/> |
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[[File:Andretta pottery at Dastkar Bazaar, Delhi.jpg|thumb|Andretta pottery at [[Dastkar]] Bazaar, Delhi.]] |
[[File:Andretta pottery at Dastkar Bazaar, Delhi.jpg|thumb|Andretta pottery at [[Dastkar]] Bazaar, Delhi.]] |
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In 1983, Mansimran "Mini" Singh, son of noted potter Gurcharan Singh, and his wife Mary Singh moved here and started Andretta Pottery and Craft Society with a production studio which produces earthen slipware and a terracotta museum. They set up a Central Government Rural Marketing Centre with a grant of Rs 1,35,000 to provide assistance to potters. The society runs three-month-long residential courses for potters. Today, pottery from Andretta is sold at outlets across India.<ref name=toi13>{{cite web | title = Himachal's pot secret | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-04/travel/38528897_1_himachal-pradesh-malana-hptdc |date=4 July 2013| |
In 1983, Mansimran "Mini" Singh, son of noted potter Gurcharan Singh, and his wife Mary Singh moved here and started Andretta Pottery and Craft Society with a production studio which produces earthen slipware and a terracotta museum. They set up a Central Government Rural Marketing Centre with a grant of Rs 1,35,000 to provide assistance to potters. The society runs three-month-long residential courses for potters. Today, pottery from Andretta is sold at outlets across India.<ref name=toi13>{{cite web | title = Himachal's pot secret | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130708001544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-04/travel/38528897_1_himachal-pradesh-malana-hptdc | url-status = live | archive-date = 8 July 2013 |date=4 July 2013| access-date = 2014-02-16 | work = [[The Times of India]] |pages=1–2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Andretta-A sanctuary of potters | url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/30/stories/2004073006550300.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040804002625/http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/30/stories/2004073006550300.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 August 2004|date= 30 Jul 2004| work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 2014-02-18 }}</ref> |
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Later in life, Richards was made a fellow by the [[Punjabi University]] in [[Patiala]], while in turn she willed her house and land around it to the university. Today, the estate of [[Norah Richards]] has been renovated and maintained by the university. Each year on her birthday, 29 October, a Punjabi theatre festival is hosted by the students.<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs-jsaPenxYC&pg=PA696|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0608-6|page=696}}</ref><ref name=clay13>{{cite web| title = Clay and Sky |publisher= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/clay-and-sky/# |author=Aditi Banerjee |date=21 April 2013| |
Later in life, Richards was made a fellow by the [[Punjabi University]] in [[Patiala]], while in turn she willed her house and land around it to the university. Today, the estate of [[Norah Richards]] has been renovated and maintained by the university. Each year on her birthday, 29 October, a Punjabi theatre festival is hosted by the students.<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs-jsaPenxYC&pg=PA696|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0608-6|page=696}}</ref><ref name=clay13>{{cite web| title = Clay and Sky |publisher= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/clay-and-sky/# |author=Aditi Banerjee |date=21 April 2013| access-date = 2014-02-18 }}</ref> |
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==Tourism== |
==Tourism== |
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Andretta has become a popular tourist attraction of the region. Nearby is [[Bir, Himachal Pradesh|Bir-Billing]], a paragliding destination.<ref name=clay13/> There are some [[homestay]]s catering to the tourists, otherwise regular accommodations are available at Palampur, a popular tourist destination.<ref name=out/><ref name="Jreat2004">{{cite book|author=Manoj Jreat|title=Tourism in Himachal Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6Qa0OrXstAC&pg=PA129|year=2004|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-157-3|page=129}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Homestays in Kangra |publisher=Himachal Tourism |url=http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/homestays-in-kangra.aspx | |
Andretta has become a popular tourist attraction of the region. Nearby is [[Bir, Himachal Pradesh|Bir-Billing]], a paragliding destination.<ref name=clay13/> There are some [[homestay]]s catering to the tourists, otherwise regular accommodations are available at Palampur, a popular tourist destination.<ref name=out/><ref name="Jreat2004">{{cite book|author=Manoj Jreat|title=Tourism in Himachal Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6Qa0OrXstAC&pg=PA129|year=2004|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-157-3|page=129}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Homestays in Kangra |publisher=Himachal Tourism |url=http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/homestays-in-kangra.aspx |access-date=2014-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223104115/http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/homestays-in-kangra.aspx |archive-date=23 February 2014 }}</ref> |
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===Visitors' attractions=== |
===Visitors' attractions=== |
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* Norah Richard's House |
* Norah Richard's House |
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* Norah Richard's Centre for the Arts |
* Norah Richard's Centre for the Arts |
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* Sobha Singh Art Gallery |
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==Transport== |
==Transport== |
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Andretta is situated 20-minute drive or 13 km away from [[Palampur]] on the road towards [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh]]. [[Dharamshala]] is at a distance of 48 km from Andretta. Nearest railway station is |
Andretta is situated 20-minute drive or 13 km away from [[Palampur]] on the road towards [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh]]. [[Dharamshala]] is at a distance of 48 km from Andretta. Nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, 1.9 km and [[Pathankot Airport]] is 120 km away.<ref name=toi13/> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 14:53, 10 October 2024
Andretta is a village and an artists' colony in Himachal Pradesh. The artists' colony was established in the 1920s, when Irish theatre artiste and environmentalist, Norah Richards, shifted here from Lahore. Near Palampur in the Kangra District, with Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas as a backdrop, Andretta over the years has attracted many noted artists, theatre practitioners, painters and more recently potters. Two of the people who became associated with it early on were painters Sobha Singh and B. C. Sanyal.[1]
History
[edit]Norah, an actress originally from Ireland, married Philip Richards, who was a professor at Government College, Lahore. She arrived in Lahore, an important cultural centre, in 1908. She later became vice-principal at Dayal Singh College, Lahore.
In the following years, she played a pivotal role in establishing modern Punjabi theatre, staging plays with Punjabi themes. After the death of her husband, she went back briefly, only to return in 1924, when she made Andretta, a village near Palampur, her home. She built a traditional Kangra-style mud house, known as ‘Chameli Niwas’, employing local style and material, using mud, slate and bamboo. She also built a makeshift proscenium and invited Punjabi theatre amateurs and professionals to perform plays.[2][3]
In 1935, the District Commissioner of Kangra gave Richards 15 acres of land, and the Woodland Estate came into existence. She started a school of drama, and in time the village was known as "Mem-da-pind" (Village of Memsahib).
In its early days, travel to the village was not easy. It took a 12-hour train journey, followed by a bus ride, and the last nine miles from Banuri (the nearest village) were covered on foot. Even so, it started attracting artists from all over, especially Lahore.
This included painter B. C. Sanyal and professor Jai Dayal Singh, a pupil of Philip Richards from Lahore University, through the 1940s. Sanyal started organizing painting exhibitions to fund the Norah Centre for Arts and a resort. Noted painter, Sobha Singh, most known for making Sikh religious painting, moved in and stayed here till his death in 1986.[2][3] Richards nurtured Punjabi theatre through the 1940s and 1960s, and came to be known as the "grandmother of Punjabi theatre."[4]
Further on, Gurucharan Singh, a noted potter who started the Delhi Blue Pottery in the 1952, established base here. Active till the end, he died in 1995 at the age of 99.[5] Freda Bedi, mother of actor Kabir Bedi, who converted to Buddhism, lived at the village for a while.[1]
In 1983, Mansimran "Mini" Singh, son of noted potter Gurcharan Singh, and his wife Mary Singh moved here and started Andretta Pottery and Craft Society with a production studio which produces earthen slipware and a terracotta museum. They set up a Central Government Rural Marketing Centre with a grant of Rs 1,35,000 to provide assistance to potters. The society runs three-month-long residential courses for potters. Today, pottery from Andretta is sold at outlets across India.[1][6]
Later in life, Richards was made a fellow by the Punjabi University in Patiala, while in turn she willed her house and land around it to the university. Today, the estate of Norah Richards has been renovated and maintained by the university. Each year on her birthday, 29 October, a Punjabi theatre festival is hosted by the students.[7][8]
Tourism
[edit]Andretta has become a popular tourist attraction of the region. Nearby is Bir-Billing, a paragliding destination.[8] There are some homestays catering to the tourists, otherwise regular accommodations are available at Palampur, a popular tourist destination.[3][9][10]
Visitors' attractions
[edit]- Andretta Pottery and Craft Society
- Norah Richard's House
- Norah Richard's Centre for the Arts
- Sobha Singh Art Gallery
Transport
[edit]Andretta is situated 20-minute drive or 13 km away from Palampur on the road towards Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala is at a distance of 48 km from Andretta. Nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, 1.9 km and Pathankot Airport is 120 km away.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Himachal's pot secret". The Times of India. 4 July 2013. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ a b Charu Dogra (13 April 2002). "Fragrant memories of Norah Richard's Chameli Niwas". The Tribune. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Charu Soni. "Andretta Artists' Village: The Irish Lahorian". Outlook Traveller. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "PU writers' home at Andretta". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 11 July 2000. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "This above all: Master potter". The Tribune. 14 November 1998. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Andretta-A sanctuary of potters". The Hindu. 30 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 2006. p. 696. ISBN 978-81-269-0608-6.
- ^ a b Aditi Banerjee (21 April 2013). "Clay and Sky". The Indian Express. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Manoj Jreat (2004). Tourism in Himachal Pradesh. Indus Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 978-81-7387-157-3.
- ^ "Homestays in Kangra". Himachal Tourism. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
Bibliography
[edit]- Anupa Lal (1998). Pottery and the Legacy of Sardar Gurcharan Singh. Delhi Blue Pottery Trust. ISBN 978-81-900931-0-1.