Pichwai
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Pichwai.
Painted in Bhilwara.
In the Nathdwara tradition.
Sole creator of the Dwarkadheesh Pichwai form. Pichwai at the 2026 Met Gala. By Trilok Prakash Soni, in unbroken lineage from Shilp Guru Badrilal Chitrakar.
2026 Met Gala
WWD
Gaurav Gupta
Isha Ambani
Manish Malhotra
National Award 2011
NMACC Mumbai
Mukesh Ambani
Nita Ambani
NGV Australia
CSMVS Mumbai
Adani House
Serendipity Arts Festival 2025
From the Studio · 2026 Met Gala · New York · 4 May 2026
Pichwai on the steps of the Metropolitan.
Gaurav Gupta brought Trilok Prakash Soni to his Delhi atelier. He and his team hand-painted for 150 hours. The cloth painting was worn by Isha Ambani at the most photographed fashion event in the world.
150
hours of hand-painting
on the border alone
6
artisans, led
by Trilok Soni
1,200+
total hours across
the full sari
“National Award-winning Pichwai art master Trilok Soni and his team were flown to Gupta’s atelier, where they spent more than 150 hours hand-painting the sari with motifs drawn from the Ajanta cave murals.”
Women's Wear Daily (WWD), 4 May 2026
Pichwai motifs, Ajanta cave murals, and classical Indian iconography. Hand-painted in the Nathdwara tradition, then layered with zardozi, aari, and dabka embroidery. Isha Ambani’s first sari on the Met Gala red carpet. Styled by Anaita Shroff Adajania.
In 2024, the studio painted Pichwai motifs on a Manish Malhotra jacket worn by Anant Ambani at his wedding.
The Lineage
A line that does not break.
The Soni family of Bhilwara has painted in the Nathdwara tradition for generations. Trilok Prakash Soni (b. 1969) trained under his father, Shilp Guru Shri Badrilal Chitrakar, among the most revered traditional painters of the twentieth century.
There was no academy. The training was guru-shishya: years of preparing pigments, watching, helping, beginning again. From this lineage, Trilok carries forward a 400-year-old form of devotion to Shrinathji and Dwarkadheesh. In his own practice, he has extended the tradition.
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Trilok Prakash Soni · Atelier, Bhilwara
Detail from a work by Shilp Guru Shri Badrilal Chitrakar
Four centuries of tradition. One artist. One studio. Bhilwara.
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Dwarkadheesh Pichwai painting — full bleed
Recommended: 1920 × 1080px minimum
e.g. “Dwarkadheesh in Sandhya Aarti” · 36 × 48 in
Dwarkadheesh Pichwai painting — full bleed
Recommended: 1920 × 1080px minimum
e.g. “Dwarkadheesh in Sandhya Aarti” · 36 × 48 in
Dwarkadheesh Pichwai
First in 400 years.
First in 400 years.
Created by Trilok Prakash Soni.
For four centuries, Pichwai painting was almost entirely the iconography of Shrinathji at Nathdwara. Trilok Prakash Soni is the sole creator of the Dwarkadheesh form within the Pichwai tradition: Krishna at Dwarka, depicted at full scale for the first time in the history of the art.
The architectural spires of the Dwarkadheesh temple, the sea, the seasonal shringar of the deity. All rendered in the language of Nathdwara: natural mineral pigments, 24K gold leaf, the fine likhai linework. The first dedicated exhibition, Rajadhiraj, was inaugurated in Ahmedabad in 2019 by the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Vijay Rupani.
“For the very first time, Lord Dwarkadheesh has been showcased through [Pichwai] paintings.”
Shri Dhanraj Nathwani, Member of Parliament · Rajadhiraj catalogue, 2019
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Pichwai
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The Journal
From the journal.
On the tradition, the iconography, and the slow rhythms of the studio.
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Met Gala 2026
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Met Gala 2026
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From the Studio
Pichwai at the Met Gala 2026: Isha Ambani × Gaurav Gupta × Trilok Soni
Six artisans, led by Trilok Soni, spent 150 hours hand-painting the border of Isha Ambani's Gaurav Gupta sari. This is how it was made.
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Pichwai tradition
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Pichwai tradition
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On the Tradition
What is a Pichwai painting? A guide to the Nathdwara tradition.
The word comes from Sanskrit: pich (back) and wai (hanging). For 400 years, the cloth painting that hangs behind Shrinathji.
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Dwarkadheesh
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Dwarkadheesh
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On a Single Work
Dwarkadheesh: the iconography Trilok Prakash Soni created.
No Pichwai artist had depicted Krishna at Dwarka before the Rajadhiraj series. The decision to extend the form, and how it was executed.
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WWD (Women's Wear Daily) · The Nod Mag · Tribune India · Just Jared · ANI · Ahmedabad Mirror · DNA · Sandesh · Sakal Times
Attended and inaugurated by
Shri Mukesh Ambani · Smt. Nita Ambani · Shri Anant Ambani · Shri Vijay Rupani · Shri Gautam Adani · Smt. Priti Adani · Shri Ajay Piramal · Shri Anil Agarwal · Shri Rajiv Sethi · Shri Pradyuman Vyas · Padma Shri Dr. Sudhir V. Shah · Shri Manoj Modi