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Block Printing the Namavali

2009

Craft Revival Trust

Craft Revival Trust
New Delhi, India

The block printer in Mathura is stamping on the figure of the sacred cow on the white cotton Namavali.
The conch shell, the holy feet of Vishnu, the Om in a sunburst, border the mantras.

Written in Devanagari script in repeat, enclosed in an elegant vine border are two mantras. “Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Ram Ram Hare Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare"and the smaller block - "Hare Krishna Hare Ram, Hare Ram Ram"

Details

  • Title: Block Printing the Namavali
  • Date: 2009
  • Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
  • Provenance: Craft Revival Trust Archive

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