Gadagushaini

Why this icon Kath-kuni houses — wood and stone laid without mortar under slate roofs. Source: en.wikipedia.org

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The story

Golden hour on an autumn evening in Gadagushaini: a traveller sits on the terrace's dry-stone wall with a cup of tea, looking out over the hills, the old kath-kuni house behind with lamplight in its upper windows and smoke curling from its slate roof.

Why this picture

Gadagushaini is a quiet hamlet of traditional homes near Jibhi and Banjar, among rolling hills, pine forest and streams. Houses here are built kath-kuni: courses of dry stone between deodar beams, no mortar or nails, the beams' ends locked at the corners, a projecting wooden upper storey with a balcony and a slate roof that sheds the snow. October brings clear skies, apples on the terraces and a low gold sun.

The sky wears Gond scales, from Madhya Pradesh.

The motion

Smoke curls up from the roof and steam from the tea; the sun's rays breathe; the stream's water lines run; three birds fly home across the sky; the trees sway. A 16-second loop.

Colour

Orchid #AA5EA5

Valley Blue #4F87C7

Blush #F6ADCD

Gadagushaini takes Orchid #AA5EA5, one of the three Valleys colours — with its icon in white on it.

Another moment in Gadagushaini

A second scene: another true moment at Gadagushaini, drawn in the graphic vocabulary with the animals and city symbols that belong there. Wide for screens, tall for a phone held upright.

The story

A bright May morning on the Gadagushaini meadow: a football game between a traveller and two children of the village, the ball rolled to the feet of a small black hill cow grazing close by, a village dog racing after it, the village stream and its footbridge at the meadow's edge under pine slopes and snow peaks.

Why this moment

Our own Bahu and Gada Gushaini map says it: carry a football and make the most of it, and lie under the open sky. The village is best known for rolling meadows under snow-capped peaks, pine and deodar forest and the clang of livestock bells; a stream runs through it, dividing it between Kullu and Mandi districts, and small hill cattle graze the meadows in spring.

The sky wears Kullu shawl, from Himachal Pradesh.

The motion

Clouds cross the sky; one child runs in while the keeper crouches between his stones; the dog scampers to the ball and back; the pines sway; the sun's rays turn. A 16-second loop.

In the picture

Its files

wide: wide second scene, SVG wide second scene, Animated SVG wide second scene, PNG
tall: tall second scene, SVG tall second scene, Animated SVG tall second scene, PNG

Also in the kit's zip, in its own folder.

Gadagushaini in symbols

Beside its icon, the things that are Gadagushaini, drawn in the Brand Manual's city language: a monument in the city grey with its openings cut, the things of the place in flat landscape colours. Each comes in colour and in the city grey. Every place's symbols

Chehni KothiMonument
Chehni Kothi (17th century), the kath-kuni tower near Banjar: some 45 m of deodar beams and rough stone laid without mortar, the lower storeys mostly stone and the upper mostly timber, a projecting wooden gallery round it and a steep tiered roof of slate. Drawn as architecture only.
SVG Grey SVG PNG
The village streamOf the place
Gadagushaini's streams: the hamlet in the hills of the Tirthan side of Banjar is crossed by clear, gurgling streams on their way to the Tirthan, a log footbridge over them on the village paths.
SVG Grey SVG PNG

Also drawn for Gadagushaini 5

Detailed icons from the library that name Gadagushaini among their places: one drawing, on the page of every place it belongs to. Those drawn for Gadagushaini alone come first. Every detailed icon

Say hello to Gadagushaini's Zobus

Zobu in Gadagushaini's own dress, on the palette. Hover or tap one and it waves. Each comes still and alive — idle, hello and hop — for stickers, stories and the app.

Every destination's Zobus →

Female
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave
Male
Still Idle Hello Hop Face Wave

Their faces, poses and moves 24

Gadagushaini's Zobus from the rig: a face for a profile picture, a pose for a story, a move as a still; each opens its file. Every Zobu in motion

The animals of Gadagushaini

Animals and birds the research behind Gadagushaini's picture names, drawn in the Brand Manual's animal style, in colour and in the city grey. All the animals of India

Zebu cowBos indicus
SVG Grey SVG PNG

The kit

Everything Gadagushaini needs: its profile, its cover, wide and tall, its icon, tile, display picture and lockup, its loop and the symbol becoming it, its second scene, its city symbols and its Zobus — every file ready to download.

44 files in one zip, the cover, its second scene, its symbols and its Zobus included

Profile

Gadagushaini’s page as a story, 1080 × 1920: its cover, its tile, its name, its line and its verbs — for stories, status and a phone’s lock screen.

SVGOther formats

Cover, wide

1600 × 900, for screens: a page’s top, a slide, a share card. The still is the loop’s first frame. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Cover, tall

900 × 1600, composed for a phone held upright: stories, reels, a lock screen. The animated SVG loops in 16 s; where it shouldn’t move, use the still.

SVG Animated SVG PNG

Tile

The icon in one colour on Gadagushaini’s own — for a grid, a story, a sticker.

SVG PNG