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Osman Ganj's 100-Year-Old Hand-Painted Signboards Narrate Hyderabad's Shared Heritage.
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News18•23-09-2026, 15:35
Osman Ganj's 100-Year-Old Hand-Painted Signboards Narrate Hyderabad's Shared Heritage.
- •A "Lettering Landscapes Walk" was organized in Hyderabad's Osman Ganj, led by book designer Ragini Siruguri.
- •The walk aimed to understand the city's history, local culture, and design art through shop signboards.
- •Osman Ganj's signboards feature diverse mediums like wood, neon, acrylic, hand-painted iron sheets, and carved stone.
- •These handmade signboards encapsulate memories of the shop's age and the painter's details.
- •Osman Ganj is unique for its multilingual nature, with Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, and English coexisting on single boards.
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The walk was organized in Osman Ganj to explore the city's history, local culture, and design artistry through the traditional shop signboards.
The signboards feature diverse mediums like wood, neon, acrylic, hand-painted iron sheets, and carved stone, often preserving the shop's founding year and painter's details.
They showcase a multilingual style where four languages—Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, and English—are written together on a single board, representing India's colorful culture.
