Outside the professional Textile
Workshops and centers that services courts, Temples and long distance Trade, A
great Variety of artistic clothes has been produced by India’s Tribal, Pastoral and
agricultural communities.
The Jains of India are followers
of a 2500 years old faith and patrons of an extraordinary tradition of
religious art. Their temples and monastic establishments in Gujarat, Rajasthan,
Bihar and Karnataka are well known historical and pilgrimage sites. The Jain
bhandar also preserved cloth panels or Pala, large and small, of cotton
exquisitely painted with minerals diagrams and didactic religious narratives’
for worship and meditations.
The Jain Believe that their
spiritual philosophy and prolific are inspired by the line of 24 enlightened brings
or tirthankars . This jewel line Jain pale has a hierarchical format common to
most types of Indian cloth panels painted for worship and ritual use. The
striking textile texture is perhaps the earliest of all women’s Indian silks .Its
Design achieves a Profoundly Graphic and timeless Quality. The simplicity of
this Design is surpassed only by its Graphic Power. For its minimalist
rendering of mortify subtle geometry of forms ,and dramatic use of color, this
textile is a masterpieces of medieval textile design.
