Sacred Textile

This unique ritual piece is a rare example of embroidery done by Jain nuns. The charanachinhas or the feet marks of their guru are placed in the center. The lotus medallion in the center of each foot-mark indicates the holy status of the guru. As indicated by the devanagari inscription above the feet-mark, the piece belongs to the early 19thcentury and was embroidered by a Shwetambara Jain nun. Such textiles acted as objects of worship or were used for wrapping sacred objects or books.