Textile Wall Art

Todi Ragini evokes both loving tenderness and sadness, usually represented by a young woman leaning against a tree and daydreaming about her absent love. She is accompanied by a female musician and by two deer that emphasise the forest setting and her loneliness. A bear appreciates the scene from the treetops.

Who is a Ragini? Classical Indian music is based on ragas–a selection of notes and patterns, improvised into a melody by the musician, that evoke particular emotions, times of day, and seasons of the year. Each raga has a number of subsidiaries named as family members, especially Raginis (wives of the raga).

Poets and painters interpreted the essence of each raga and Ragini into words and images. These series of illustrated verses are called Ragamalas (garlands of ragas).

Techniques Used

Finely woven cotton Jamdani , hand drawn and resist dyed with Naural dyes