Early Life and Family Background Born in the year 1725 within the Guler State, Fattu entered a world where the brush was a legacy passed through blood. He was the eldest son of the artist Manaku, a man whose own hand had already shaped the visual language of their people. Growing up in such a household, the boy would have learned the weight of a pigment and the discipline of a fine line from his very first steps. This lineage ensured that his training was not merely a craft, but a birthright inherited from a father who was a central figure in the local artistic tradition. As a Pahari painte…