This unique wall accent is an off-shoot from the famed Ganjifa cards. Ganjifa, an ancient Indian card game, was historically believed to have been brought to India and popularised during the Moghul period. The Persian word ‘Ganjifeh’ means playing cards and these were the foremost artistic creations used for playing cards, more so in princely States where kings patronised the art and the artists. Ganjifa originated in Persia in around the 15th Century. The origin of Ganjifa cards are however traced in Persia and China, while scholars have also traced them to Arabian countries.In India the cards arrived through Sufi Saints during Mughal period, and gradually became popular amongst the kings and and kingdoms. There was the Sawantwadi Ganjifa from Maharashtra, Navadurga Ganjifa from Orissa, Rajasthan and Gujrat Ganjifa , Kashmir Ganjifa, Nepal Ganjifa and the Mysuru Ganjifa which was greatly patronized by the Mysore Royal family during their reign.