South Indian Hand-Painted Prabhavali Frame – Meenakshi Apsara magnet What are these dolls made

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Tanjore art was born to catch the light of an oil lamp — deep reds and greens set off with gold-tone detailing

South Indian Hand-Painted Prabhavali Frame – Meenakshi Apsara magnet What are these dolls madeMeenakshi, the fish eyed goddess of Madurai, is one of South India's most fiercely loved deities a warrior queen who ruled in her own right before her divine marriage to Shiva, still worshipped today at the Meenakshi Amman Temple, one of the largest temple complexes in the country. This large format frame gives her presence real scale on the wall. She's painted here in her traditional green skinned form, richly bejewelled, set within a hand painted