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The Jain Gallery includes shrines, derasarai of the Svetambara and Digambara sects as well as a small home shrine, important manuscripts like the kalpasutra and kalakakatha and Jain Patas: the yantras, and tirtha chitras. The main attraction, however, is a painted, domed, wooden ceiling of a derasarai.
Three buildings with traditional carved wooden facades located around the chowk house the courtly or secular pieces like carpets, embroidered and decorated shamianas, wall hangings and costumes. There is an excellent display of phulkaris from Punjab, Kalamkaris from Andhra and saris. A significant gallery presents the different weaving techniques with the help of samples, technical notes and their relation to the different sects.
Calico Museum of Textiles
Ahmedabad.
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