Envis Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
Printed Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Karuppur Kalamkari paintings, wood carvings of Kallakurichi get GI tag
The paintings are used on umbrella covers in temples
Art Workshop:
Artisans carving figurines from wood at a store in Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu.
The Kallakurichi wood carvings received the GI tag recently.
Source: The Hindu Chennai, 09.10.2021, pg.7 and
The Hindu Thiruvananthapuram, 11.10.2021, pg.1.