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{{Infobox artist<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Padma Shri|PS]]<br />
| known_for = [[Chamba Rumal|Chamba Rumal embroidery]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2022)<br />[[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] (2018)<br />
| image = Lalita Vakil in 2022.jpg<br />
| caption = Vakil in 2022<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| birth_place = [[Chamba district|Chamba]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India<br />
}}<br />
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'''Lalita Vakil''' is an Indian [[embroidery]] artist, known for her contributions to the preservation and promotion of [[Chamba Rumal]], a traditional form of [[handkerchief]] embroidery from [[Chamba district]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]].<br />
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Vakil was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2022 by the [[Government of India]] for her contributions to the field of arts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Padma Awardees 2022 |url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf |website=Padma Awards}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=चंबा रुमाल को पहचान दिलाने वाली को पद्मश्री:ललिता वकील को 3 बार मिल चुका राष्ट्रपति अवार्ड, कलाकार होने के साथ-साथ जरूरतमंदों की मददगार भी हैं |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/himachal/shimla/news/padma-bhushan-award-to-lalita-vakil-received-the-presidents-award-3-times-129340115.html |archive-date= |access-date=10 January 2025 |website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref> She was also honoured with the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in 2018.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018 |url=https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/Nari%20Shakti%20Puraskar%20-%20Citation%20%28Final%20-%2009.03.2019%29-Part%202.pdf |website=[[Ministry of Women and Child Development]]}}</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
Vakil was married at the age of fifteen. It was her [[Parent-in-law|father-in-law]] who recognized her talent for creating designs for [[Chamba Rumal]] and encouraged her to train local girls and women in this craft.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Ashwani |date=2022-01-26 |title=Padma Shri Recipient Lalita Vakil Devoted Her Life To 'Chamba Rumal' |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/padma-shri-recipient-lalita-vakil-devoted-her-life-to-chamba-rumal--news-47378 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
For the past fifty years, Vakil has been working to promote and preserve [[Chamba Rumal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=26 January 2022 |title=Chamba artist Lalita Vakil honoured with Padma Shri |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/chamba-artist-lalita-vakil-honoured-with-padma-shri-364402 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=[[The Tribune]] |language=en}}</ref> She has travelled extensively in [[India]] and abroad to exhibit her work and conduct workshops on this traditional form of embroidery.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Vakil has frequently experimented with [[Chamba Rumal]] designs. She was the first woman to introduce silk into the embroidery to create larger pieces of the handkerchief.<ref name=":2" /> Additionally, she has developed designs for [[sari]]s, [[shawl]]s, [[dupatta]]s, and stoles, as well as multi-panel sets.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |date=2022-02-03 |title=How Lalita Vakil's championing of the dying art of Chamba Rumal earned her the Padma Shri |url=https://www.news9live.com/art-culture/how-lalita-vakils-championing-of-the-dying-art-of-chamba-rumal-earned-her-the-padma-shri-151208 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=News9 Live |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2018 to Ms. Lalita Vakil H2019030865837.jpg|thumb|President Ram Nath Kovind presenting the [[Nari Shakti Puruskar]] to Chamba Rumal embroiderer Lalita Vakil]]<br />
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== Awards and recognition ==<br />
* '''2009''': [[Shilp Guru]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shilp Guru Awards (Handicrafts) Year 2009 |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/listofawardees.pdf |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=President Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060118/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/listofawardees.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* '''2017''': [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]]<ref name=":1" /><br />
* '''2022''': [[Padma Shri]]<ref name=":0" /><br />
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