1979
Antique Indian Gold Block Print on Cotton.
Circa 1800 A.D
Size 49" x 45"
Size 125 x 114 cm
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Jain Pata-Yantra temple hanging. The circular siddhachakra centered
by a seated and crowned Jina, surrounded by an inner circle of
eleven seated Jinas and an outer circle of twenty-four further
Jinas, flanked on either side by twenty-four Yakshas and Yakshis,
with further seated deities at the corners
Gold pigment on black textile. Siddhachakra paintings are worshiped
during the Siddhachakra Puja, A festival during the month of Chaitra
(March & April)
Indian Textile History
