Art of Stone Carving in Kashmir
Channel: VideoVolunteers
Date: 14/01/2019

Stone carving is an ancient art where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work.
In Kashmir the art of stone carving has a long history of centuries, the people used to carve stones into sculptors. The stone even used presently known as Devri stone is an impure lime stone extracted from earth at various parts of the Kashmir,
The first person who used this stone was Raja Dever Singh, on whose name the stone was named as devri stone. The traces of which can be seen in the Pattan, Baramulla, where the place named Dever still exists. 
The art of stone carving is found in various places of Kashmir, but Pantha chowk is the famous among all. The artists of the area are considered to be the best in carving. The place has a history of centuries. Most of the people in the area are associated with the trading of stones.