The book unveils the wondrous world of pichhwais - the devotional textiles that hang behind the image of Krishna as Shrinathji. Presented here are masterpieces from Praful and Shilpa Shah's TAPI (Textiles & Art of the People of India) collection of Surat, regarded as one of the most significant repositories of India's textile art. An evocative Introduction by Porf. B.N. Goswamy leads on to article on the two main centres of pichhwai-making by texile scholars ...
