Allauddin Behman Shah, the second King of Behmani Kingdom, is credited for introducing Bidri craft, a Middle Eastern art form, to Bidar in 15th Century. However, it had to wait till 300 years to ...

Pointing at a bidri horse, he said, “If I sell it to TSHDC, I will get `900 for it. However, if I sell it online, I might get `1,200 for the same.” ...

This craft has been carried on for centuries in Bidar, India. But with rising costs of raw material and a huge drop in sales during the pandemic, its future is murky.

"You proved me wrong," Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri, a Bidri craft artist, told PM Modi when he came to congratulate him for the prestigious award.

“ Bidri ware has an aesthetic quality art and craft, This form of art started in early 17th century in Bidar,” revealed Mittal, who has been collecting Indian arts and crafts for 60 years now.

“Our family has been in the business of selling Bidri works since the days of my grandfather Ghulam Gaffar Siddiqui. I have always wanted to find ways to revive this 500-year-old metal craft.

Then there’s the Bidri Kintsugi vase, a fusion of India’s Bidri craft and Japan’s Kintsugi. Traditionally, Kintsugi — meaning golden joinery — honours breakage by mending pottery with ...

Mohammad Abdul Rauf, a master trainer in Bidri handicraft, has got the Shila Guru award for this year. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the award at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on December 9.

Karnataka-based veteran Bidri craft artist Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri, who was recently conferred with Padma Shri, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he proved him wrong as he used to ...