Girdharilal Vishwakarma was born in Jodhpur in October 1965. He studied up to Higher Secondary. He is a professional painting artist. He has working in this field since 1984. Working on and researching Indian Traditional styles of painting. Master in gold embossing work.
Awards- State Certificate Of Master Craftsman in year 1991, Guest Of Honour Award, many national and international certificate and awards.
VEENA UTSAV 2023 SAMMAN for Special work for the preservation of Veena Bhajan tradition by Ruma Devi Foundation, Barmer.
Exibitions – many art exibitions in Jodhpur, Jaipur, Delhi and Surjkund.
Collecting gramophone records from year 1984. Research on vintage singer and gramophone records since 1975. Digitising and documenting songs [1905 onwards about 30,000 songs digitised and more in progress]
TV and Radio - many interviews on All India Radio Jodhpur and Jaipur. On Vividh Bharati’s Golden Jubilee Celebration year 2007 a special half an hour interview by Kamal Sharma broadcast on Vividh Bharati Mumbai.
One hour live interview on DD RAJASTHAN Prog. Dharti Dhoran Ri [18 may 2016], 2 episodes on channel 24 Prog. named ‘Ramta Jogi’. And also Short Stories on ND TV, ZEE NEWS, INDIA TV and SAHARA ONE.
Archive - for conserving vintage gramophone record, started a music archive named ‘INDIAN MUSIC ARCHIVE AND RESEARCH CENTRE’ in Jodhpur.