We all in school have learnt “Hindi” by reciting Ka, Kha, Ga... practised writing its form in our Hindi notebooks that consisted of 4 lines, two reds and two blues. Did you ever wonder from where our script was derived and how it was written in the early ages when there was no pen or pencil?

Devanagari is the script in which Hindi is written. It evolved from the Brahmi script.

It is an essential and widely used script in India. It is mainly used to write Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit languages. It is an additional script for other languages such as Punjabi, Sindhi and Kashmiri. It is written from left to right. It traditionally has a diagonal axis opposite Latin at about 30–45°. Recognizable by a horizontal line that runs along the top of full letters.

Devanagari consists of 33 consonants and 12 vowels, and three others. It is an abugida, as each consonant has an inherent vowel (a) that can be changed with the different vowel signs. Most consonants can be joined to one or two other consonants to suppress the inherent vowel. The resulting form is called a ligature. Having no case distinction, i.e. no majuscule and minuscule letters.

We never knew about all the above information in school, did we? However, now that I had the privilege to learn the traditional calligraphy form and techniques of writing Devanagari, I took it upon myself to make it easily accessible for all students from different backgrounds.

Objective of the Project
Before we start, one needs to know that this project aims to create a step-by-step guide for the teachers or the students (aged 10-15 ) themselves to be able to teach/learn the traditional form and writing methods of Devanagari.

Introducing them to different tools and techniques of writing Devanagari and all the other essential information a student needs to know before they learn the form in depth.

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• Visual Guide to Learn Devanagari Calligraphy......