Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting Annapoorneshwari is a manifestation of

Annapoorneshwari is a manifestation of Goddess Parvathi and is known as the Hindu Goddess of food and nourishment

Cast in an antique-gold finish

the fish motif's traditional link to prosperity makes it especially fitting for weddings and new-home gifting

a sacred art of Orissa

Will the brass surface tarnish over time

Red Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art indian art gifting Annapoorneshwari is a manifestation ofRed is, historically, the base colour of Cheriyal art itself the background shade most often used in the original scroll paintings from which this mask making tradition descends, before green or white were sometimes worked in as accents. A red Cheriyal mask, then, sits closest to the visual language the Nakashi community of Cheriyal village, near Warangal in Telangana, has used for roughly 400 years, a craft recognised with a Geographical Indication