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| name = R Emberumal<br />
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| birth_date = 15 July 1941<br />
| birth_place = [[Sikkalanayakkanpettai]], [[Ariyalur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|2|1941|7|15|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Sikkalanayakkanpettai]], [[Ariyalur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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| occupation = Kalamkari artist<br>[[Master craftsman]]<br />
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| known for = [[Kalamkari]]<br />
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| awards = [[Shilp Guru]]<br>National Award<br />
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'''R Emberumal''' was an Indian traditional [[textile artist]] and [[master craftsman]], known for his contributions to the conservation by the practice of the [[Thanjavur]] (or [[Kodalikaruppur]]) variant of [[Kalamkari]], a traditional Indian textile-art form. <br />
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He received the [[Shilp Guru]] and the National award.<ref name="The passing">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/karuppur-kalamkari-pioneer-emberumal-dies/articleshow/55194956.cms | title=Pioneer Passes | work = [[The Times of India]] | date=2 November 2016 | access-date=1 December 2024}}<br />
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==Life==<br />
Emberumal was born on 15 July 1941 into a family of Kalamkari artists at [[Sikkalanayakkanpettai]] on the banks of the river [[Kollidam]] in the [[Ariyalur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Their ancestors shifted from nearby [[Kodalikaruppur]] which was the native town of several Kalamkari artists for several centuries under the patronage of [[Tanjore Nayaka]] kings.<ref name="Saving craft"/> <br />
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He took up the family's traditional profession and became a master craftsman of the karuppur kalamkari style which is more [[tantric]] and geometrical in its designs and symbols compared to other kalamkari styles of India. <br />
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Emberumal's works have been exhibited in several international exhibitions, festival, trade shows and museums.<ref name="Saving craft">{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/making-a-difference-saving-craft-with-craft/article3254035.ece | title=Saving an Indian Craft | work= [[The Hindu]] | date=1 November 2021 | access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref><br />
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His works featured in the art book ''South Indian Traditions of Kalamkari'' by Lotika Varadarajan.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* '''2002''': received national award by the [[Government of India]] in 2002 for his contributions to Kalamkari art.<ref name="Rescuing Kalamkari">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/co-optex-comes-to-the-rescue-of-kalamkari-art/articleshow/27148198.cms | title=Rescue of Kalamkari | work = [[The Times of India]] | date=10 December 2013 | access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref><br />
* '''2005''': received [[Shilp Guru]] honour from the [[Government of India]] in 2005 for his contributions to Kalamkari art.<ref name="Saving craft"/> <br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{portal|Biography|Indua|Visual arts}}<br />
* [[List of Indian artists]]<br />
* [[List of people from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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[[Category:1941 births]]<br />
[[Category:2016 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male artists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century textile artists]]<br />
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