Kite art
Paintings that have to survive the wind
Hand-painted kites are engineering as much as art: paper, cloth, bamboo, and pigment balanced so a picture can climb. Bhavna designs, makes, and flies her own work — themes ranging across mythology, ragas, and the animal and bird kingdom.
The Kite Stories collection
Named narrative works — each kite carries an episode of the epics, hand-painted on nylon over bamboo. Open a card to read the story painted on it.
RamayanaBali–Sugriva
The rival brothers of the Ramayana, painted in flight.
Japanese · 24" × 41"
MahabharataDuryodhana
The crowned prince of Hastinapura — the hardest fight.
Rokkaku · 52" × 46"
MahabharataDraupadi
The swayamvara of Panchali — five arrows, one revolving fish.
Indian fighter · 46" × 46"
MahabharataMatsyalaya Vardhanam
The spinning fish above the assembly of kings.
Rokkaku · 45" × 52"
Bhagavad GitaVirat Darshan
The universal form, painted for the wind to carry.
Indian fighter · 46" × 46"
RamayanaShabari
Patience and devotion, rewarded in a moment.
Rokkaku · 52" × 45"
Built to fly, not only to hang
These are working kites — bamboo spars balanced against nylon and paper skins, painted in acrylic and fusion art, with bridles tuned by a flier with three consecutive Gujarat International Kite Festival first prizes (2009–2011). Rokkaku, Japanese, and Indian fighter shapes, up to 52 inches across. She refuses glass-coated manja — for the safety of people, birds, and animals.
A new theme every year
Her collections follow annual themes: aquatic creatures given wings (2008), avatars of Hindu deities such as Narasimha and Vamana (2016), and a spirit-energy series — Kundalini, horse, lion, and phoenix kites (2017). She has also flown kites promoting Ladakh tourism.
Epics over Jakarta
For the 70th anniversary of India–Indonesia friendship in 2018, she created more than 50 Ramayana- and Mahabharata-themed kites, displayed in Jakarta on the occasion of the Prime Minister’s three-nation visit to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore — and appreciated in writing by FICCI’s Gujarat State Council.
Kites in famous hands
Six of her kites hold a permanent place at the World Kite Museum in Korea — commissioned after Korean kitist Byong Ook Cho saw her work at the Delhi Kite Festival in 2014 and a year of family effort followed. Her promotional kites have flown with Salman Khan (“Jai Ho”, 2014) and Amitabh Bachchan (“Shamitabh”, 2015), and carried the police’s 1091 women’s-safety helpline into the sky.