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TextileGI Tagged · 2005-06
Kalamkari (Srikalahasti)
TownSrikalahasti
StateAndhra Pradesh
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2005-06
About
A hand-painted textile art using a bamboo or date-palm pen (kalam) dipped in natural dyes, traditionally depicting mythological scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, developed under temple patronage in Srikalahasti.
Did you know? The word "Kalamkari" literally means "pen-work" in Persian — a name that traces the craft's hybrid history, blending indigenous Andhra temple-art traditions with Persian textile terminology introduced through Mughal-era trade.