Agra's famed marble inlay craft, Pachikari, is grinding to a halt. The ongoing conflict in West Asia has stopped orders from the region, the main market. Thousands of artisans are now jobless. Major ...

Parchin kari, or pietra dura in Italian, is the art of marble inlay, which involves carving out marble slabs and inserting precious and semiprecious stones to create elaborate floral and geometric ...

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Agra, or Akbarabad as it was once called, brings to the mind of a discerning traveller the image of the Taj Mahal. While there's so much more to the city, the marble mausoleum is all that is needed to ...

The gleaming new minaret of the Haji Ali dargah offers a glimpse of what the shrine will look like when it is completely rebuilt in marble. Inlay work in semi-precious stones covers the base of the ...

The UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia is assisting local artisans from Taj Ganj, Agra, who specialise in Parchin Kari, an intricate marble inlay craft, in becoming cultural entrepreneurs under ...