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Woven Souls
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Mata ni Pachedi 2

A hand painted textile from Gujarat, India,
with an architectural rendering of a temple at its center,
that houses the main mother goddess image.
Around this are the mythological tales about the deity.
This art was created centuries ago, by an ethnic group to overcome
the caste- entry barrier to the temple structure.
The art form today retains it's religious content
and is practices by a very small group of people around Baroda & Ahmedabad.
Although, technically, it is similar to kalamkari work of South India-
(whose content & origin of purpose are slightly different)
the work of the Gujarat artisans is much finer & more precise.
Literally, "mata-ni-pachedi' means 'behind the mother-goddess',
which is where the canopy is set up.

Acquired from the family of an award winning mastercraftsman in Ahmedabad.

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