For half a millennium, the Vaishnav family of Udaipur has been practising this unusual form that uses mineral pigments to create impermanent works of devotional art ...

Along with rangoli artist Vijayalakshmi Mohan, the other awardees — people and businesses — are Malay drum-maker Mohamed Yaziz Bin Mohamed Hassan; Peranakan-style jeweller Thomis Kwan; Chinese tea ...