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...
These are the Hakku Patras of the Mandahetchu. The patron caste of Mandahetchu is Yadava/Golla (Shepherd) who live in the plains. They go in search of pastoral fields. Thus they go to Nellore, which is nearly 500 km from Nalgonda.After his marriage with Ganga, Katamaraju ordered Manda Boyadu (Jag...