Direct printing of botanical elements has become one of the most popular artworks in the world among textile artists. The basic process...

These two pictures are from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Divia Patel, Senior Curator, South Asia, Victoria and Albert Museum had...

Shibori is the Japanese word for a variety of ways of embellishing textiles by shaping cloth and securing it before dyeing. The word...

The art of ornamentation stands in an intimate relationship with the material, purpose, form and style. India’s rich culture of jewellery...

Makara kanthi mala - the long haram, which was worn by the South Indian royalty and deities, is designed like a U shaped thoranam,...

Indian gem treatises refer to rubies as Manickam. The varieties of the stone were classified on the basis of colour and purity. Here are...

One of a pair of bangles, Madras, India, about 1870 (Image Credit : V&A Museum) Gold and gilt metal set with rubies (Called as kemp)....

Tiruppudaimarudur, in Ambasamudram Taluk of Tirunelveli has a temple for Shiva, worshipped as Narambunathar. The original structure goes...

Tamil literature is a wonderful source to understand the various words used to denote cloth. From the Sangam age to the 12th Century, it...

The third and last post in this thread is about their unique jewellery, the Kandangi selai and their amazing cuisine! First about the...

“Chettinadu splendour” – what started as just a textile activity session with Meyammai Aachi in 2016, triggered varied interests and been...

“Chettinadu splendour” – what started as just a textile activity session with Meyammai Aachi in 2016, triggered varied interests and been...

Gandhiji loved Tamilnadu, and particularly Madurai. He visited Madurai six times – in 1919, 1921, 1927, 1934 and 1946, and once enroute...

Across different religions, cloth plays a significant role in the worship, adoration, procession of Gods. The Dwaja rohana is an...

All the 1330 couplets with Tiruvalluvar’s image on the mundhanai. Tiruvalluvar’s Thirukural sari has a mass appeal in our state. The...

The origins of this needlework remain shrouded in the mists of time. The fine Moghul miniature paintings depict the Emperors in flowy...

On the 10th July 1947, the Buckingham palace announced the betrothal of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. 1947 was the...

Amongst a lot of injustice against South African Indians, one was the judgement of Justice Searle in 1913 to nullify all the marriages if...

Block-printed and painted using mineral colours on cloth. The painting is divided into 11 horizontal rows, featuring linear parades of...

Chemical dyes might come in zillion sophisticated formulations. But you can’t match the depth and uniqueness of colours derived from...