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	Andretta is situated 20-minute drive or 13 km away from [[Palampur]] on the road towards [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh]]. [[Dharamshala]] is at a distance of 48 km from Andretta. Nearest railway station is ~~[[Pathankot Junction railway station\|Pathankot]]~~, ~~120~~ km ~~away as is the~~ [[Pathankot Airport]].<ref name=toi13/>		Andretta is situated 20-minute drive or 13 km away from [[Palampur]] on the road towards [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh]]. [[Dharamshala]] is at a distance of 48 km from Andretta. Nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, 1.9 km and [[Pathankot Airport]] is 120 km away.<ref name=toi13/>

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'''Andretta''' is a village and an [[artists' colony]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]]. The artists' colony was established in the 1920s, when Irish theatre artiste and environmentalist, [[Norah Richards]], shifted here from Lahore. Near [[Palampur]] in the [[Kangra District]], with [[Dhauladhar]] range of the Himalayas as a backdrop, Andretta over the years has attracted many noted artists, theatre practitioners, painters and more recently potters. Two of the people who became associated with it early on were painters [[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]] and [[B. C. Sanyal]].<ref name=toi13/>

==History==

Norah, an actress originally from Ireland, married Philip Richards, who was a professor at [[Government College, Lahore]]. She arrived in [[Lahore]], an important cultural centre, in 1908. She later became vice-principal at [[Dayal Singh College, Lahore]].

In the following years, she played a pivotal role in establishing modern [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] theatre, staging plays with Punjabi themes. After the death of her husband, she went back briefly, only to return in 1924, when she made Andretta, a village near Palampur, her home. She built a traditional Kangra-style mud house, known as ‘Chameli Niwas’, employing local style and material, using mud, slate and bamboo. She also built a makeshift proscenium and invited Punjabi theatre amateurs and professionals to perform plays.<ref name=tri02>{{cite web| title =Fragrant memories of Norah Richard's Chameli Niwas|author=Charu Dogra |work=The Tribune| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020413/windows/main5.htm |date= 13 April 2002| access-date = 2014-02-17 }}</ref><ref name=out/>

In 1935, the District Commissioner of Kangra gave Richards 15 acres of land, and the Woodland Estate came into existence. She started a school of drama, and in time the village was known as "Mem-da-pind" (Village of [[Sahib#Colonial and modern use|Memsahib]]).

In its early days, travel to the village was not easy. It took a 12-hour train journey, followed by a bus ride, and the last nine miles from [[Banuri (village)|Banuri]] (the nearest village) were covered on foot. Even so, it started attracting artists from all over, especially Lahore.

This included painter [[B. C. Sanyal]] and professor Jai Dayal Singh, a pupil of Philip Richards from [[Lahore University]], through the 1940s. Sanyal started organizing painting exhibitions to fund the Norah Centre for Arts and a resort. Noted painter, [[Sobha Singh (painter)|Sobha Singh]], most known for making Sikh religious painting, moved in and stayed here till his death in 1986.<ref name=tri02/><ref name=out>{{cite web|title=Andretta Artists' Village: The Irish Lahorian |author=Charu Soni |url=http://traveller.outlookindia.com/destination.aspx?id=569&id1=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715024357/http://traveller.outlookindia.com/destination.aspx?id=569&id1=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-15 |access-date=2014-02-17 |publisher=Outlook Traveller }}</ref> Richards nurtured Punjabi theatre through the 1940s and 1960s, and came to be known as the "grandmother of Punjabi theatre."<ref>{{cite web| title = PU writers' home at Andretta |publisher=The Tribune, Chandigarh| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000711/himachal.htm#2|date= 11 July 2000|access-date = 2014-02-18 }}</ref>

Further on, Gurucharan Singh, a noted potter who started the Delhi Blue Pottery in the 1952, established base here. Active till the end, he died in 1995 at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite web | title = This above all: Master potter|work=The Tribune| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98nov14/saturday/aboveall.htm|date= 14 November 1998| access-date = 2014-02-17}}</ref> [[Freda Bedi]], mother of actor [[Kabir Bedi]], who converted to Buddhism, lived at the village for a while.<ref name=toi13/>

[[File:Andretta pottery at Dastkar Bazaar, Delhi.jpg|thumb|Andretta pottery at [[Dastkar]] Bazaar, Delhi.]]
In 1983, Mansimran "Mini" Singh, son of noted potter Gurcharan Singh, and his wife Mary Singh moved here and started Andretta Pottery and Craft Society with a production studio which produces earthen slipware and a terracotta museum. They set up a Central Government Rural Marketing Centre with a grant of Rs 1,35,000 to provide assistance to potters. The society runs three-month-long residential courses for potters. Today, pottery from Andretta is sold at outlets across India.<ref name=toi13>{{cite web | title = Himachal's pot secret | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-04/travel/38528897_1_himachal-pradesh-malana-hptdc | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130708001544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-04/travel/38528897_1_himachal-pradesh-malana-hptdc | url-status = dead | archive-date = 8 July 2013 |date=4 July 2013| access-date = 2014-02-16 | work = [[The Times of India]] |pages=1–2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Andretta-A sanctuary of potters | url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/30/stories/2004073006550300.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040804002625/http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/30/stories/2004073006550300.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 4 August 2004|date= 30 Jul 2004| work = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 2014-02-18 }}</ref>

Later in life, Richards was made a fellow by the [[Punjabi University]] in [[Patiala]], while in turn she willed her house and land around it to the university. Today, the estate of [[Norah Richards]] has been renovated and maintained by the university. Each year on her birthday, 29 October, a Punjabi theatre festival is hosted by the students.<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs-jsaPenxYC&pg=PA696|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0608-6|page=696}}</ref><ref name=clay13>{{cite web| title = Clay and Sky |publisher= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/clay-and-sky/# |author=Aditi Banerjee |date=21 April 2013| access-date = 2014-02-18 }}</ref>

==Tourism==
Andretta has become a popular tourist attraction of the region. Nearby is [[Bir, Himachal Pradesh|Bir-Billing]], a paragliding destination.<ref name=clay13/> There are some [[homestay]]s catering to the tourists, otherwise regular accommodations are available at Palampur, a popular tourist destination.<ref name=out/><ref name="Jreat2004">{{cite book|author=Manoj Jreat|title=Tourism in Himachal Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6Qa0OrXstAC&pg=PA129|year=2004|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-157-3|page=129}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Homestays in Kangra |publisher=Himachal Tourism |url=http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/homestays-in-kangra.aspx |access-date=2014-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223104115/http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/homestays-in-kangra.aspx |archive-date=23 February 2014 }}</ref>

===Visitors' attractions===

* Andretta Pottery and Craft Society
* Norah Richard's House
* Norah Richard's Centre for the Arts
* Sobha Singh Art Gallery

==Transport==
Andretta is situated 20-minute drive or 13 km away from [[Palampur]] on the road towards [[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh]]. [[Dharamshala]] is at a distance of 48 km from Andretta. Nearest railway station is [[Pathankot Junction railway station|Pathankot]], 120 km away as is the [[Pathankot Airport]].<ref name=toi13/>

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|author=Anupa Lal|title=Pottery and the Legacy of Sardar Gurcharan Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXIIAgAACAAJ|date=1998|publisher=Delhi Blue Pottery Trust|isbn=978-81-900931-0-1}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | title = Andretta in Himachal's Kangra valley |publisher=[[India TV ]]| url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/print/news/wanna-witness-beautiful-art-visit-andretta-in-himachal-19422-1.html }}
* [http://www.andrettapottery.com/index.html Andretta Pottery, website]

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[[Category:Artist colonies]]
[[Category:Villages in Kangra district]]
[[Category:Indian art]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian pottery]]

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