A technique of painting patterns with mordant onto cotton with the use of a
bamboo reed or pen, called a kalam, produced chintzes that were called
kalamkari. Since it is a temple art, gods and goddesses form an important
theme.
Riding on the hamsa, their vahana, are Brahma, the creator and Saraswati,
the goddess of culture and learning. According to the Matsya Purana, Brahma
performed austere meditation in order to create, and among the children thus
created was Saraswati. Brahma became enamoured of her and found her beauty
astounding. The daughter once prostrated and began to walk around him in
devotion. Brahma kept his seat, but his keen desire of never ceasing to look
at her caused a face to spring in each direction and thus gave him five
faces. In this two-dimensional painting, three faces are visible. Brahma
holds his attributes, a rosary and a book in two hands. Saraswati, sitting
with one leg pendant, is holding the veena in the hand.
The swan, which is the vehicle of Brahma, is found as the vahana of
Saraswati in many of her images, a fact that unmistakably points to her
original place in the Indian mythology as Brahmani on the consort of Brahma.
This dual coloured kalamkari is framed by a twin border enclosing the
picture perfect painting of the creator and his creation.
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