Yashodhar Mathpal (born 1939) is an Indian archaeologist, painter, curator,Gandhian andRock art conservationist. He is most known for his study of cave art, especially inBhimbetka rock shelters,Barechhina (Uttarakhand) and Kerala. He founded the Folk Culture Museum (Lok Sanskriti Sangrahalaya) inBhimtal,Nainital district, in 1983.[1]
He was awarded thePadma Shri, fourth-highest civilian honour byGovernment of India in 2006.[2]
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Born in village Naula in BhikiyasainTehsil ofAlmora district of Uttarakhand to Haridutt Mathpal and Kanti Devi, Mathpal received his primary education local Primary School from his native village, thereafter he did his further schooling from Manila village, Mission Intercollege,Ranikhet and completed his schooling from Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College,Kanpur.
He did his B.A. from J. N. P. G. College,Lucknow, followed by M.A. degree in drawing and painting fromAgra University and a Ph.D in Archaeology fromUniversity of Pune.
He established the Folk Culture Museum (Lok Sanskriti Sangrahalaya) inBhimtal, in the present-day Indian Himalayan state ofUttarakhand, in 1983. The museum houses artifacts, folk paintings, rock art and prehistoric objects. The museum also documents oral and written traditions and folklore of the region, besides providing training in rare traditional arts and crafts. He takes care of the museum himself, and has spent all his life's earnings on it.[3]
In 2012, he facilitated by Vice President of India at the "International Conference on Rock Art", organized by theIndira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, in New Delhi.[4]
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