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Exploring the Paithani and the small-town textile template

Exploring the Paithani and the small-town textile template

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A pillar here, an elaborately carved door there, trellised balconies and stone carvings offer tantalising glimpses of what it must have been like 2,000 years ago when Paithan, then known as Pratishthana, was the capital of the mighty Satavahana dynasty, and later the Vakatakas, the Yadavas and the Marathas. The town located a little more […]

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Red Lilies, Water Birds: the exhibition in Hampi showcases the sari in nine stories

Red Lilies, Water Birds: the exhibition in Hampi showcases the sari in nine stories

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The Tungabhadra river flows, not too far from where we stand. On its southern bank is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi, the capital of the mighty Krishnadevaraya’s Vijayanagara empire. But we are on the northern banks at Anegundi village, said to be older than Hampi. All around are hills with massive boulders precariously […]

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