South Indian Hand-Painted Prabhavali Frame – Meenakshi Ganesha wall art Is the peacock hand-painted or

Is the peacock hand-painted or printed

the kalka or buta motif was a mainstay of Indian textile and mehndi art

performed in the sacred groves of Northern Malabar in Kerala for well over a thousand years

many of whom are venerated specifically within their own community rather than across the wider Hindu pantheon

It's a classic gift for anyone drawn to Kerala's temple art heritage or peacock motifs in general

South Indian Hand-Painted Prabhavali Frame – Meenakshi Ganesha wall art Is the peacock hand-painted orMeenakshi, the fish eyed goddess of Madurai, is one of South India's most fiercely loved deities a warrior queen who ruled in her own right before her divine marriage to Shiva, still worshipped today at the Meenakshi Amman Temple, one of the largest temple complexes in the country. This large format frame gives her presence real scale on the wall. She's painted here in her traditional green skinned form, richly bejewelled, set within a hand painted