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Shawl

Title

Shawl

Year/Period

20th century

Region

North India

Dimension

Object size: L187 x W105 cm

Accession No.

1995-03402

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This saffron fabric is patterned in red with the words Rama, and the Hindu sacred syllable, 'Om' on the borders. The syllable Om refers to Brahman, the impersonal Absolute of Hinduism — omnipotent, omnipresent, and the source of all manifest existence.The words are written in the Devanagari script. This type of shawl is widely used by Hindu holy men and devotees Rama in North India.