Contributor / Caste / Performance: Mandahetchu. Medium of original material: copper plate square and rectangle. Description of material: The edge of the upper part of the copper plate is cut into 11 cusp arches. At the top, a Siva Lingam is flanked by two Nandies on either side. At the top of bac...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Katipapalu. Medium of original material: copper sheet square and rectangle. Description of material: The edge of the upper part of the copper plate is cut into a cusp arch design with 11 curves. It contains the motifs of Shivalingam (God Shiva) and Nandis on bot...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Katipapalu. Medium of original material: copper sheet square and rectangle. Description of material: The copper plate inscription certifies the right (Hakku) of ‘Kaatipaapalu’ community, a sub-ordinate caste of Maala/Madiga, to depend on and seek alms from Maala...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Katipapalu. Medium of original material: copper plate. Description of material: The edge of the upper part of the copper plate is cut into seven cusp arches. On front side are Sun and Moon, two Nandis, Shiva and serpent. Dimensions: height 28 cm, width 18 cm. It...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Budiga Jangalu. Medium of original material: paper documents. Description of material: These paper documents kept in a bamboo box covered with animal skin to protect them from rain and white ants. Here we are sending ten documents. These old paper documents that...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Budiga Jangalu. Medium of original material: paper document. Description of material: Front side of this paper document starts with Kasi Viswanatharpanamasthu sentence and given to Kashi Nilakanta Swamy and signed by four chefs with two official seals in Urdu la...
Contributor / Caste / Performance: Budiga Jangalu. Medium of original material: paper document. Description of material: This one page document is divided into two parts. The three signatures are accommodated in the middle of fourteen village names as mentioned on the left side. Hakku and other d...