Lakhi Chand Jain

Lakhi Chand based in Mumbai (India). By profession, he is a multidisciplinary designer, writer and art-craft researcher. He is a highly spiritual person and senior fellow in the art of Mandana for the past 25 years. He learnt Mandana when he was just eight-years-old. He has been accolades with 3 National awards and Marudhara Samman (2016-17), is the first man to paint contemporary Mandanas on canvas using modern means. He is revivalist of Mandana and he has given a new lease of life to this art.

For the past, so many years, he has been facilitating ‘Art & Soul’ workshop/weekend retreats on Mandana at all across India. Recently his ‘Art & Soul’ workshop was held at Zorba the Buddha in New Delhi.
His passion for Mandana, the energy and spirituality associated with this ancient art has inspired him to spread awareness about various aspects of this art and its related sacred rituals. He says that we should be conscious about art and its usefulness, and connect it to the existence of our day-to-day life. These days, we are looking for happiness in the virtual world. Surely, we find joy in this but it is transient. We should be involved in such arts and creative activities, which will achieve true joy of life.