At Guler the Kangra artists developed a style, which breathed a new spirit. It reached a new level of rhythmical exaltation at Kangra. Under Maharaja Sansar Chandra, Kangra painting achieved a delicate and romantic touch. Sansar Chandra. The greatest patron of Painting in the Punjab Hills was born in 1766 at Bijapur a small village in Palampur, now in Himachal Pradesh. During his period famous series of paintings of the Gita Govinda, the Sat Sai and the Baramasa, and Bhagwat purana, Nala and Damyanti was prepared.