Kalamkari painting refers to-
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A. A hand-painted cotton textile in South India.
B. A handmade drawing on bamboo handicrafts in North-East India.
C. A block-painted woollen cloth in-Western Himalayan region of India.
D. A hand-painted decorative silk cloth in North-Western India.
Answer: A hand-painted cotton textile in South India.
Option a is the correct answer.
Kalamkari painting refers to a type of hand-painted cotton textile produced in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari, which involves twenty-three steps. There are two distinctive styles of Kalamkari art in India - Machilipatnam style and Srikalahasti style. Motifs drawn in Kalamkari spans from flowers, peacock, paisleys to divine characters of Hindu epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana