Mata Ni Pachedi pure tussar hand painted saree

HANDLOOM TUSSAR (zari border and pallu) MATA NI PACHEDI SAREE WITH FULL INTRICATE HAND PAINTING USING NATURAL DYES.

ONE OF OUR MOST EXQUISITE CREATIONS. This took us several months to make and lots of redoing and discussions to get the colour just right.

MATA NI PACHEDI , A RARE AND LESSER KNOWN CARFT. Hailing from the state of Gujarat, Mata Ni Pachedi art literally means “behind the Mother Goddess”. This textile-painting artform generally depicts images of the temple of the Mother Goddess on cloth. Due to its similarity with the Kalamkari art of South India, Mata Ni Pachedi art is also known as Kalamkari of Gujarat.

History of Mata Ni Pachedi Art

The origin of this art brings out one of the social evils of Indian society when the people from the nomadic Vaghari tribal community were denied entry to the temples. So they constructed their own shrines and painted the depiction of Mother Goddess on clothes and started worshipping them. That’s why this art form is also considered sacred art. The Pachedi is also used as the canopy of the shrines and the paintings exhibit different forms of the Mother Goddess, flora, fauna, and narratives of folktales and mythology with Mother Goddess at the centre.

This saree is a full 6.5 m the last 1 m can be used as a blouse but has the same Paiting as the rest of the body. The pallu hAS INTRICATE TREE OF LIFE WITH PEACOCKS AND CROCODILES AND FISH on the base. The FULL BODY HAS FREE HANDPAINTED FLORAL CREEPERS AND THE BORDER HAS FISH AND TRADITIONAL motifs. The whole saree is fully hand painted free hand and dyed with natural dyes. This a very difficult and lengthy process of painting taking several months to create