Arun Kumar Bajaj is a renowned sewing machine artist from Patiala, Punjab. He combines his talents for painting and sewing to create thread paintings, which can take him years to complete using thousands of meters of thread. Some of his accomplishments include a 6-foot painting of Lord Krishna that earned him several records, and a painting of over 2000 figures that he gifted to a government minister. Arun overcame the loss of his father at a young age and obstacles to his chosen profession to become famous for his unique art form and motivate others.

1. ARUN KUMAR
BAJAJ
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2.  Arun is the world’s only sewing machine
artist who combined two arts and got
popular with his talent.
 Arun was born on 2nd June 1983 in
Patiala, Punjab. His father was a tailor.

3.  Arun never wanted to join his father’s
business as he found tailoring very old
fashioned and he felt embarrassed when
anyone used to call him ‘Darji Ka Beta’.
 His father assured him not to force for it
and with this assurance, he taught Arun
basics of stitching and embroidering.

4.  Bajaj’s life was full of ups and downs. He
was only 16 when he lost his father.
 With the sudden demise of his father, he
had no other option but to leave his
studies and start tailoring at his shop.

5.  Arun wanted to become famous and
wanted to choose a profession that he can
love pursuing. He combined his two
talents, his love for painting and stitching.
 His first painting with thread was of Guru
Nanak Ji and this took him almost 15
days to complete.

6.  Arun has gifted The Union Minister
Smriti Irani an amazing painting of more
than 2000 human figures. This painting
was his hard work of almost 1 year.
 In 2008, Arun created another
mesmerizing piece of his thread work. It
was a picture of PM Modi which he gifted
to him.

7.  One of his painting was 6 feet tall
paintings of Lord Krishna. This painting
got him listed in Limca Book of Record,
India Book of Record and, Unique World
Record.
 This beautiful painting took three years to
complete and a total of 26 lakh and 36
thousand meters of thread.

8.  Some of his paintings fetched him around
3.5 lakh rupees which were sold in a sale
at Delhi Haat.
 Arun showcased his paintings in
exhibitions at Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and,
other cities.

9.  Arun’s work has also been displayed in
the Surajkand Crafts Mela in Haryana
and also in the International Trade
festival in Delhi in 2014.
 These awards and recognitions motivate
him to perform better and look forward to
ways to go beyond being called a Darji.

10.  Arun Bajaj is famous in all over the world
as “The Needleman of India”.
 He dreams to see his name in Guinness
Book of Record very soon. He wants to
make India proud with his unique talent
of making thread paintings.

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