Kalamkari The term kalamkari literally means drawing with a pen. Although the art got this name during the Muslim reign, it had a much earlier and humbler origin. Long ago, groups of musicians and painters called chitrakattis travelled across villages, entertaining people with stories from epics and mythology. They illustrated their stories with drawings made on large pieces of rough canvas. They drew on the spot, using brushes made of twigs and dyes extracted from plants. This was how kalamkari was born and was destined to become an important form of art later on. During the medieval period, the Mughals, impressed by this art form, patronised the artists who were from the...
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