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).
