Mumbiram’s studio in the heart of Pune, directly at the busy vegetable Mandai market place, became a legendary place. Mumbiram’s atelier saw a steady stream of visitors belonging to the folk people of the downtrodden ‘lowest’ castes and tribes of India on the one hand. On the other hand there were art lovers from far corners of the world amazed to discover an indigenous art that is not overwhelmed by ‘western’ influences. The Mandai studio became the cradle of Rasa Renaissance.