Nov14,2023
This ancient Assamese textile is over 9 meters long (length 937 centimeters and width 231 centimeters) and is the largest surviving example of this type of textile anywhere in the world.
Vrindavani Vastra is a drape woven by Assamese weavers led by Mathuradas Burha Aata during 16th century under the guidance of Srimanta Sankardeva, a Vaishnavite saint and scholar who lived in present-day Assam.
Mathuradas Burha Aata along with his 12 assistant weavers wove the Vrindavani Vastra. The large drape illustrates the childhood activities of Lord Krishna in Vrindavan
Parts of the original Vrindavani vastra are presently owned by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Musee Guimet (the Guimet Museum) in Paris. The piece of cloth demonstrates the skillful weaving methods developed during medieval times
First woven between 1567 and 1569, it was taken to Bhutan and then later to Tibet, where European merchants brought it back to Europe.
This type of silken-weaving artwork was produced up to around 1715 in Assam and its neighborhood[6] and exported to places like Tibet