Himachal Pradesh is the home of the Chamba and Knngra schools of painting - well reputed in the world of art for their excellent portrayal of court and romantic scences blending of colours and minute details of figures. But there is yet another school of painting that survives in Himachal - the Gompa school. It is Buddhist in origin and at one time was limited only to the Buddhist monasteries. Gradually however, some of the romantic ifluences of the Chamba and Kangra schools seeped into the Gompa style. New local craftsmen have incorporated the Gompa art of painting into contemporary patchwork pictures.