Title
Temple hanging
Year/Period
19th-20th centuries
Region
Andhra Pradesh, South India
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: L227.6 x W228.8 cm
Accession No.
1995-03373
Collection of
This temple hanging, or kalamkari, is painted with a pen, then stencilled and dyed with vegetable dyes. Kalamkari were used to illustrate Hindu mythology and to aid temple worship.Mythological kalamkari are generally produced in horizontal format, the narrative told like a comic strip from left to right, following earlier traditions of scroll paintings. The themes from the lives of Krishna (as depicted here), Rama and Shiva are popular.The kalamkari tradition originated in Andra Pradesh during the Deccan Sultanate (14th-16th centuries).
