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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 413846, member: 8267"]As I am up early, I thought I might beat Any Jewelry - but she sniped me!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a pichavai (pichhwai), to be hung in a Hindu temple. They illustrate scenes from the life of Krishna. This one shows the story of Krishna and the Gopi maidens (milk maids). Made in India. Typically painted on cotton cloth (not silk).</p><p>Wikipedia has a good article on them:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichhwai" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichhwai" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichhwai</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 413846, member: 8267"]As I am up early, I thought I might beat Any Jewelry - but she sniped me! It is a pichavai (pichhwai), to be hung in a Hindu temple. They illustrate scenes from the life of Krishna. This one shows the story of Krishna and the Gopi maidens (milk maids). Made in India. Typically painted on cotton cloth (not silk). Wikipedia has a good article on them: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichhwai[/URL][/QUOTE]
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