Temple Cloth

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Artist/Maker	Panchakalla Pedda Subbarayudu (artist)
Place of origin	Chirala (made) Andhra Pradesh (made)

Large painted cotton temple hanging with registers showing scenes from the Ramayana. The main colours are red, blue, brown and green on a white ground. Each episode in the story is labelled in Telegu characters.

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Categories	Textiles Hinduism
Object type	Temple cloth
Materials and techniques	Painted and dyed cotton Cotton Dyed
Brief description	Kalamkari canopy hand-painted with scenes from the Ramayana, made by Panchakalla Pedda Subbarayudu in Chirala, Andhra Pradesh, c.1881-2
Physical description	Large painted cotton temple hanging with registers showing scenes from the Ramayana. The main colours are red, blue, brown and green on a white ground. Each episode in the story is labelled in Telegu characters.
Dimensions	Weight: 20kg (Note: Weight on roller. This object is stored with IS.45-1950 and it is the second (or bottom) object onnthe roller.) Top width: 4600mm Bottom width: 4050mm Proper left length: 2900mm Proper right length: 2905mm
Literary reference	Ramayana
Bibliographic references	The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950] p. 222, cat. no. 1082 Kalamkari Temple Hangings Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2015
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.2103-1883

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Record created	January 18, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O143773/temple-cloth-panchakalla-pedda-subbarayudu/

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