Last updated: October 2026 · Method: compiled from public listings, operator pages and traveller reports; treat all figures as planning aids, not quotations.
📄 Image slot — an artist at a desk beginning a commissioned miniature with fine brushes.
Udaipur’s workshops do not only sell finished work; many take commissions, and a well-briefed one is the best souvenir the city produces.
The process
- Find the artist, not the shop: the Hathi Pol workshops and the teaching studios are the sourcing ground; commission the hand that paints, not the counter that sells.
- The brief: subject, size, pigment and paper or silk; photographs of the style you want help more than adjectives.
- The timeline and terms: honest commissions run weeks, not hours — agree a deposit, a completion date and shipping (the shipping guide covers the last mile).
Price honesty: fine work prices by detail and pigment, including real gold leaf on serious pieces; if the quote is tiny, the brush time will be too.