Tag: Andhra Pradesh

• August 10, 2016

  Textile Trails: Where The Loom Comes Alive

  

  Did you, like us, not want National Handloom Day to end? Beautiful images of effortlessly draped handwoven sarees, weavers working their magic on the loom and cities steeped in textile traditions made us long for an earthy aesthetic. It also evoked in us severe wanderlust. After all, Chanderi, Maheshwari, Kota, Paithani – all get their […]
• February 5, 2015

  Charma Chitrakari of Andhra Pradesh

  We are no more than a moving row of magic shadow-shapes that come and go round with sun-illumined lantern held in midnight by the Master of the Show. —From the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (12th century) Known as Tholu Bommalata in Andhra Pradesh (Tholu -leather, Bommalata – puppet dance), leather shadow puppetry was a widespread […]
• May 16, 2014

  In the Bazaars of Hyderabad

  What do you sell, O ye merchants? Richly your wares are displayed, Turbans of crimson and silver, Tunics of purple brocade, Mirrors with panels of amber, Daggers with handles of jade. What do you weigh, O ye vendors? Saffron, lentil and rice. What do you grind, O ye maidens? Sandalwood, henna and spice. What do […]