Karuppur kalamkari paintings, Kallakurichi wood carvings get GI tags
The Hindu
Application for paintings was moved by Handicrafts Development Corpn.
The traditional dye-painted figurative and patterned cloth called Karuppur kalamkari paintings and the wood carvings of Kallakurichi have received geographical indication (GI) tags.
While the application for registering Karuppur kalamkari paintings for the tag was moved by the Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation (Poompuhar), the Corporation filed the application for Kallakurichi wood carvings jointly with the Kallakurichi Wood Carving Handicrafts Industrial Cooperative Limited Society, No. 2, and the Chinnaselam and Vriksha Association of Wood Carving Artisans self-help group, Anna Nagar, Kallakuruchi.
According to P. Sanjai Gandhi, advocate and nodal officer, GI registration, Tamil Nadu, kalamkari paintings are done on pure cotton cloth, predominantly used in temples for umbrella covers, cylindrical hangings, chariot covers and asmanagiri (false ceiling cloth pieces), whereas Kallakurichi wood carvings are a unique form of wood carving entailng the application of ornamentation and designs, derived from traditional styles by the craftsmen.
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