Kamalini ~ Kalamkari Hand painting on Gachi tussar

Derived from the words ‘kalam’ meaning pen and ‘kari’ meaning work, it is a distinctive style of hand painted motifs. There are two distinctive styles of Kalamkari art in India – Srikalahasti style which is produced in Srikalahasti of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh and the Machilipatnam style which is produced at Pedana a nearby town of Machilipatnam in Krishna district Andhra Pradesh. This is a Pen Kalamkari on Pure Gachi tussar silk

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