Wender·Vista
Ludhiana
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileIndia
in central Punjab, on the south bank of the Sutlej

Ludhiana

— the city the Sutlej taught to work.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The largest city in Punjab, set on the south bank of the Sutlej River where it leaves the Himalayan foothills. Ludhiana is industrial in a way that gives the place its character: hosiery, bicycles, machine parts, and the country's largest agricultural university. The old quarter still holds the eighteenth-century fort and the steady churn of the Chaura Bazaar.

from the studio
Ludhiana
— bring it home

Ludhiana, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Ludhiana

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Ludhiana is the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, with a metropolitan population of about 1.6 million. It sits at roughly 250 metres above sea level on the south bank of the Sutlej River, the longest of Punjab's five rivers at 1,450 kilometres. The city is on the Grand Trunk Road and the Delhi to Amritsar rail corridor, 310 kilometres northwest of Delhi. Punjab Agricultural University, founded in 1962, is the largest agricultural campus in Asia and is the institution most associated with the Green Revolution in India.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the water

The Sutlej is the longest of the five rivers that give Punjab its name: Panj-āb, the land of five waters. It rises near Lake Rakshastal on the Tibetan plateau, runs 1,450 kilometres through the western Himalaya and the Punjab plains, and joins the Chenab south of Ludhiana. The Bhakra Dam, about 100 kilometres upstream of the city, was completed in 1963 and remains one of the highest gravity dams in the world. Its irrigation network turned the plains around Ludhiana into the most productive farmland in South Asia.

— the year

Each February, the village of Kila Raipur, about twenty kilometres south of the city, hosts the Kila Raipur Sports Festival, known locally as the Rural Olympics. The event was founded in 1933 by Inder Singh Grewal as a single afternoon of athletic competition for Punjabi farmers. It now draws around four thousand athletes over three days for tent-pegging, bullock-cart racing, kabaddi, weightlifting and traditional gatka swordplay. The festival is one of the largest rural athletic gatherings in India and the principal reason photographers come to Ludhiana district in winter.

— where
India · Ludhiana, Punjab
— elevation
244 m · 800 ft
— position
30.9010° N · 75.8573° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
20 km S
Kila Raipur
festival village
60 km NW
Jalandhar
city
100 km E
Chandigarh
planned city
140 km NW
Amritsar
city
95 km SE
Patiala
city
N
Ludhiana
Kila Raipur
Jalandhar
Chandigarh
Amritsar
Patiala
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Ludhiana — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The city has been India's largest centre for hosiery, knitwear and bicycle manufacturing since the early twentieth century. More than half of India's bicycle output and a significant share of its woollen knitwear come from Ludhiana.

The longest of Punjab's five rivers, at 1,450 kilometres from its source near Lake Rakshastal in Tibet to its confluence with the Chenab. It runs along the north edge of Ludhiana district.

A research university in Ludhiana founded in 1962, the largest agricultural campus in Asia. It led the wheat and rice breeding programmes that drove the Indian Green Revolution.

A three-day rural sports festival held each February in Kila Raipur village, twenty kilometres south of Ludhiana. It was founded in 1933 and now draws around four thousand competitors in traditional Punjabi sports.

The metropolitan area has about 1.6 million people, making it the largest city in Punjab and the most populous city in the state by a clear margin.

— about the piece in your home

A meaningful gift for customers with roots in Ludhiana or the wider Punjabi community. The Sutlej greens and warm earth tones read as distinctly Punjabi. A Medium with a handwritten note carries well overseas.

The river greens, ochre, and jewel-toned stained-glass detail sit well in warm-Maximalist, South-Asian modern and Jewel-tone rooms. It anchors a paler wall on its own.

Yes. South-Asian modern has been one of the most-cited directions of 2026, drawing on river greens, marigold and inked architectural detail. This piece sits inside that conversation.

Above a standard sofa, the single Large carries the wall on its own. For a longer wall or a console run, a four-tile Mural reads as one painting. The nine-tile Mural is a feature wall.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for steam and splash environments. The colour lives in the ceramic surface, so it will not lift or fade.

A soft microfibre cloth, dry or with a little water, is all the surface needs. No abrasive pads, no solvents. The finish is built to last decades.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in our own visual language by Reid Wender, the studio's curator. There is no licensing, and the work appears nowhere else.

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