The beautiful Kalamkari painting is being given a detail and refine treatment in the traditional kalamkari pattern. Kalpavriksha is a mythological, 'wish-fulfilling' divine tree. Along with the kamadhenu, or 'wish-giving cow', the kalpavriksha originated during the Samudra manthan or "churning of the milk ocean", and the king of the Gods, Indra returned with it to his paradise. The tree kalpavriksha refers to a source of bounty. The painting reflects the bounty of nature in a rich pattern.
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