These are Patam Chakali Hakku Patras. Chakali (washermen caste) are dependant community. Washermen community have further divided into two dependent castes. First caste is called Patam Chakali / Mattamvaru. Second caste in known as Ganjikutivaru. Patam Chakalivaru have painted scroll, copper plat...
Hakku Patra of Bhonagiri Veeraswamy [17th Century ]
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Contributor / Caste / Performance: Patam Chakali . Medium of original material: copper sheet square and rectangle. Description of material: It is a rectangular copper plate cut into cusp form. A Shivalinga and two Nandi’s are engraved on both sides of the plate. Upper part of the plate have engra...
These are the Hakku Patras of the Chenchuvaru. Chenchus are one of the well known tribes of Andhra Pradesh. They lived mainly in the Nallamala forest and hills area. In the medieval period it was Sri Krishna Devaraya, the king of Vijayanagara who gave patronage to the Chenchus. Since then Chenchu...
Hakku Patra of Chenchu Mandala Narasimha [18th Century ]
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Contributor / Caste / Performance: Chenchuvaru. Medium of original material: Copper sheets, one square and another rectangular. Description of material: The plate has seven cusp arch form. The plate is in rectangular shape. The plate is small in size. At the front of the plate one vaishnava relig...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Chenchuvaru. Medium of original material: copper plate on both sides. Description of material: The upper part of this copper plate is cut into seven cusp arch pattern. The top of the plate is painted with white and red colours. This pattern of colour symbolicall...