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Kalamkari Textile
Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted cotton textile produced in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. A cotton cloth with dye, paint, and prints is known as kalamkari. Drawings are produced on cotton fabric with a Kalam, a bamboo-stick-made pen. Block printing is occasionally used with painting. These textiles have been naturally coloured. The mordant, a substance, aids in the dye's adhesion to the fabric. Themes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Jataka, and Panchatantra are shown in kalamkari paintings. Today, kalamkari fabric is used for clothing like kurtas, sarees, and dupattas, as well as for home products like bedspreads, curtains, tab...
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