Kalamkari painting refers to

Kalamkari painting refers to 

(A) A hand-painted cotton textile in SouthIndia 

(B) A handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North East India 

(C) A block painted woollen cloth in the Western Himalayan region of India 

(D) A hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North-Western India 


Answer: (A) Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in parts of South India and Iran. It is an ancient style of hand painting done on cotton or silk fabric with a tamarind pen, using natural vegetable dyes. This style of painting originated at Kalahasti near Chennai and at Masulipatnam near Hyderabad. 

Kalamkari painting refers to (A) A hand-painted cotton textile in SouthIndia (B) A handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North East India (C) A block painted woollen cloth in the Western Himalayan region of India (D) A hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North-Western India


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