850 Rare Namawali Vrindavani Assam Vastra - Silk with Double Sided Embroidery PAINTING a white elephant

a white elephant

Amazing motifs rendered aesthetically

Handwoven cotton

Jatripattis religious souvenirs of the kind that were given to the pilgrims who visited Jagannatha temple in Puri until the start of the century (1900s)

Estimated to be from the early to mid 1800s

850 Rare Namawali Vrindavani Assam Vastra - Silk with Double Sided Embroidery PAINTING a white elephantRepeated Inscription of the Hindu Chant "Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare In Assam gamuchas depicting woven inscriptions with Vaishnavite mantra in Assami script were used to decorate religious altars where sacred books of Vaishnavite tradition. Such fabrics were popularly known as Vrindavani Vastra. This was the phase of the Bhakti movement which inspired the creation of such Namawali Vastra This