Hindu Gujarati Brocade

Textiles made for use within religious institutions are prevalent in all religions, however Hinduism, India’s dominant religion, has the widest range of textiles for sacred usage. Most of religious Hindu textiles illustrate scenes from the Ramayana story.

This cover or hanging is from Gujarat. It is finely loom-woven  with images of the lord Krishna, cows, elephants, with a sun and a crescent moon at the top corners. The inscription refers to the workshop where it was produced and the name of the Maharaja who commissioned the piece.