Mahaveer Swami (Miniature Artist)is descended from a family of traditional Bikaneri painters. As a child, he began training with his father , Moda Ram Swami, and grandfather, Mool Das Swami.Later He studied under Vedpal Sharma ("Bannu") in Jaipur.  

Mahaveer swami has revived the best aspects of the sophisticated and refined Bikaneri school of painting , but with a originality and brilliance unique among contemporary miniaturists. His style is strongly influenced by his studies of Mughal miniatures , and his subject matter is often drawn from life study of holy men and women. His remarkable, ethereal colors are ground by hand from stones and minerals , and he works exclusively on fine antique papers, many collected by his father for generations. Mahaveer has been honored with the National award (conferred by the President of India in 1987), and the Sanskriti Award (conferred by the Vice-President of India in 1992).

"Words fail to express the great sentiments of regards, gratitude and indebtedness to one's teachers".They are like "Rishis" of the ancient times who radiate their vast knowledge, wisdom , affection and parental love on their disciples.

Mahaveer Swami has exhibited in group shows in Mumbai , Calcutta , Delhi, Paris, Jerusalem and Dubai, and has had a one-man exhibition at Bikaner House in Delhi.He is also exhibits each winter at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, at the invitation of H.H.Gaj Singh, Maharaj of Jodhpur. His paintings were featured in Natural History Painting from Rajasthan, organized by the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh in 1994, and he demonstrated his technique both at exhibition opening at Pittsburgh , and at the Smithsonian Institution's Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. His painting were included in the 8th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration organized by the Hunt Institute in 1995, and have been published in The Garden of Life by Naveen Patnaik (Doubleday , New York, 1993).
 On Bikaner's 500th anniversary in 1992 , he was honored by the city for his achievements in reviving traditional Bikaneri paintings. In 1999 , he received the Smt. Janki Devi Somani Puruskar , Marudhara Sodh Sanstha in Calcutta, for excellence in the field of miniature painting. He is currently completing a commissioned book on Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur.

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