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{{Infobox geographical indication<br />
| name = Srikalahasti Kalamkari<br />
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| image = Kalamkari painting.jpg<br />
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| caption = A Kalamkari artist creating his handicraft<br />
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| description = Dyed hand-painting on a [[Textile|fabric]] is a unique Srikalahasti style of Kalamkari work<br />
| type = [[Handicraft]]<br />
| area = [[Srikalahasti]], [[Chittoor district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
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| material = {{plainlist|[[Fabric]]<br />
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'''Srikalahasti Kalamkari''' is a style of [[Kalamkari]] work which involves [[dyed]] hand-painting of a [[Textile|fabric]]. It is produced in [[Srikalahasti]] of [[Chittoor district]] in the [[States and Territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Geographical Indication|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2016-01-23/Geographical-Indication/201919|access-date=25 January 2016|work=The Hans India|date=23 January 2016}}</ref> It was registered as one of the [[geographical indication]] from Andhra Pradesh, under [[handicraft]] goods by ''Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999''.<ref name="GI">{{cite web |title=Registration Details of Geographical Indications |url=http://www.ipindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/Registered_GI_01_04_19.pdf |website=Intellectual Property India, Government of India |access-date=14 May 2019 }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Kalamkari had its existence during the period of [[Vijayanagara Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Design Resource – Kalamkari Painting – People and Place|url=http://www.dsource.in/resource/kalamkaari/people-place/people-place.html|website=www.dsource.in|access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Kalamkari work ==<br />
The Srikalahasti style of Kalamkari is one of the two styles of Kalamkari works present in India, with the other being, [[Pedana Kalamkari|Machilipatnam style]]. ''Kalam'' in [[persian language]] means ''Pen'' is used for hand drawing and coloring.<ref name=style>{{cite web|title=Kalamkari: Craft of the matter|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/kalamkari-craft-of-the-matter/16478155|website=mid-day|access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref> The usage of pen involves two types, one for drawing made from [[bamboo]], the other for drawing. The coloring process involves usage of only [[natural dyes]] which are extracted from flowers and vegetables. All together the entire process involves seventeen steps like block making, cloth treating, printing, washing etc.<ref name=usage>{{cite web|title=Kalamkari – AP|url=http://www.upasana.in/kalamkari-ap|website=www.upasana.in|access-date=25 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The theme of textile: Know about Kalamkari and Muga Silk : Art and Culture|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/textiles-from-the-east-and-the-west/1/429857.html|access-date=25 January 2016|work=indiatoday.intoday.in|date=13 April 2015}}</ref> The Srikalahasti style is used mostly to narrate the religious myths and epics stories on the fabric and also the saris of this style are most notable for its borders and [[Sari|pallu]].<ref name=style /><ref>{{cite news|title=Kalamkari back in demand|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/25/stories/2010102550860200.htm|access-date=26 January 2016|date=25 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810013653/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/25/stories/2010102550860200.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref><br />
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== Promoting art ==<br />
''Sri Venkateswara Institute of Traditional Sculpture and Architecture (SVITSA)'' of [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam]] offers a professional course on ''Kalamkari painting'' for developing new artists.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Appala Naidu|first1=T|title=TTD grooms artists in Srikalahasti-Kalamkari style|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ttd-grooms-artists-in-srikalahastikalamkari-style/article6629125.ece|access-date=25 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=24 November 2014|location=Pedana (Krishna)|language=en-IN}}</ref> The Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board took initiative to promote the historical art, solve the industrial challenges, training skilled human resources and to improve revenue generation through exports.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Appala Naidu|first1=T|title=Development Board to give a fillip to Kalamkari|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/development-board-to-give-a-fillip-to-kalamkari/article7344907.ece|access-date=25 January 2016|work=The Hindu|date=23 June 2015|location=Pedana (Krishna)|language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Navalgund Durries]]<br />
*[[Bidriware]]<br />
*[[Channapatna toys]]<br />
*[[Kinnal Craft]]<br />
*[[List of Geographical Indications in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Geographical indications in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Textile arts of India]]<br />
[[Category:Chittoor district]]</div>imported>Skynxnex