According to literary sources during the 1560's Prince Chilarai, the brother of the Naranarayan,the king of Coch Bihar asked Sankardeva to oversee the weaving of a great silk scroll, depicting the early life of Krishna. Sankardeva commissioned the weavers of Barpeta under their leader Gopal to make the great cloth called Brindavani Vastra (cloth of Brindaban) after the village near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. The cloth is said to be either "forty yards" (40 m), "120 cubits"(60m),or "180 feet"(60 m) long. It's breadth not specified , was presumably a single loom width. It is stated that twelve master weavers took one year to weave the cloth, and it was presented to Prince Chilarai only a little before the expiry of Sankardeva. At Coch Bihar , the Vastra was housed in the Madhupur Satra, but it disappeared at some unknown time after it was presented to Prince Chilarai. Some portion of this mystical cloth is now been preserved in Victoria & Albert Museum , London.
I will be coming to London on 15th of June till 29th June 2010. I really want to visit this place ( Victoria & Albert Museum) and see this Brindabani Bastra. Could you suggest how to go there ?
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Can someone please take the picture of whole cloth, since many with me have not see the cloth. Thank you for your click, since there are no image of the cloth except these two photo. You have done a wonderful job. Thanks again.
ReplyDeletefirst of all thnx for this....but...want to know somehthing more about brindavani vastra ...........would u give it in detail......
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