Hemangini, a descendent of the Royal Family of Bikaner, is the great granddaughter of Maharaja Ganga Singh (1880-1943), a well known patron and connoisseur of fine arts. The city of Bikaner in north-west Rajasthan houses in its Fort Museum one of the best archives of Royal Rajasthani Folk Textiles. Her passion and appreciation for the beauty of handcrafted textiles led her to the villages, experimenting, rejuvenating, restoring folk art traditions. She gained special skills in Hand block printing of ‘Sanganer’, in Natural dyeing of ‘Bagru’ in Rajasthan, and in Patola weaving of Gujarat.