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Sanad VerifiedAbdul Rashid Bhat
3rd Generation · Papier-mâché / Naqashi
Rainawari, Srinagar
Master of layered gold-leaf naqashi. Uses mineral pigments his grandfather ground by hand.
Hunarmand · Living craft
A 14th-century Persian craft, perfected in Srinagar — pulped paper bound, sun-cured, then painted in slow layers of mineral pigment and gold leaf by the family of one master at a time.
3 verified masters · workshops year-round
Three living masters
Each profile opens the master's Vault — what only they know, captured for the people who come next.
3rd Generation · Papier-mâché / Naqashi
Rainawari, Srinagar
Master of layered gold-leaf naqashi. Uses mineral pigments his grandfather ground by hand.
2nd Generation · Papier-mâché / Naqashi
Fateh Kadal, Srinagar
Specialises in Persian floral motifs. Only artisan in Kashmir using a discontinued cobalt-blue pigment.
4th Generation · Papier-mâché / Naqashi
Nowhatta, Srinagar
Trained under three masters. His papier-mâché boxes carry 14 layers of lacquer by hand.