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The fading art form- Mata ni Pachedi

Mata ni Pacheco is a traditional artificial cloth painted in the temple. The term Mata ni pachedi derived from the Gujarati language, where Mata means goddess, ni means belongs to and Pachedi means behind. When people of the vaghari  community of Gujarat banned to enter the temple They made their own holy place with depictions of the mother goddess of different forms on the cloth.  Introduction   Traditionally, red is the main color of the painting whereas white and black form the background of the splendid red using these three colors the artist create the numerous motifs in the painting.  The painting usually has a set pattern, with the mother goddess dominating the center art in her Devine form, surrounded by the common people and deities.  Mata ni Pachedi is also known as the “kalamkari of Gujarat “ because of its similarity of kalamkari practiced in the southern India and the use of pens fashioned out of bamboo sticks And...