State-run NMDC Steel Limited (NSL) has unveiled its logo depicting the Dhokra art of Chhattisgarh, where the company has major operations.
- Dhokra is a craft form of the Harappa and Mohenjo Daro civilisation (Dancing Girl).
- Bastar Dhokra is a type of metallurgical artwork based on the lost wax method that is used throughout the alloy casting.
- Dhokra Art is one of the ancient, traditional art forms that originated in Bastar, a district in Chattisgarh, India’s southern region.
- It is made of 16 intricate steps without making use of any moulds.
- The name of this artform is named after ‘Dhokar Damar,’ a nomadic Indian tribe belonging to the eastern part of the country. The tribe initially resided in the Bankura-Dariapur belt in West Bengal, parts of Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha. Historians believe that the custodian of this legacy is mainly the tribal communities living in this region and famously known as Dhokra art of West Bengal.
