 This painting was gifted to Indira Gandhi by Hari Dev Joshi and it brought him into limelight.The Phad paintings made in Jaipur lacked the vibrancy and aesthetics that was present in the paintings made by Joshi families of Bhilwara and Shahpura.In 1975, Mukherjee went to Bhilwara to learn the nuances of the art-form.