Kalamkari painting refers to

Answer: (a) a hand-painted cotton textile in South India

Kalamkari is the hand-painted cotton textile of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in South India.

• ✓ (a) Kalamkari is the hand-painted (and block-printed) cotton textile of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in South India.
• ✗ (b) Drawing on bamboo handicrafts is not Kalamkari; the cane and bamboo crafts of the North-East are a separate tradition.
• ✗ (c) Kalamkari is on cotton, not wool, and is not from the Western Himalaya.
• ✗ (d) Kalamkari is not a silk cloth of North-Western India.

Remember · Kalamkari: hand-painted cotton textile, South India.

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