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The Kakatiyas ruled over the area called Andhra Desa or Telugu country with Warangal or Orugollu in South India, meaning ‘one stone’ as their capital. The dynasty ruled between 11^th and 14^th centuries ,1052 to 1323 A. D. They built a fort, temples and created amazing sculptures. At Palampet , a village in the Mulug taluq of Warangal district in present day Telangana, in south of India,exists a lake, green hills and a temple consecrated to Rudreswara known as Ramappa temple situated by the side of Ramappa Lake;it is possible that the sculptor’s name was Ramappa. Built in 1213 by a general of the Kakatiyas, Recherla Rudra ; as is mentioned on the north east pillar inscription .The temple has a main temple and a nandi manatapa. The temple is built of light brick. Each wall has a triple storied niche with ornamentation.The other structures include two…

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#Didyouknow that a Persian carpet is one of Persia’s (now Iran) finest crafts ? Persian carpets and rugs of various types were woven in parallel by nomadic tribes, in village and town workshops, and by royal court manufactories alike. As such, they represent miscellaneous, simultaneous lines of tradition, and reflect the history of Iran and its various peoples. The carpets woven in the Safavid court manufactories of Isfahan during the sixteenth century are famous for their elaborate colours and artistic design, and are treasured in museums and private collections all over the world today. Their patterns and designs have set an artistic tradition for court manufactories which was kept alive during the entire duration of the Persian Empire up to the last royal dynasty of Iran.

A Persian carpet also known as Iranian carpet, is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in Iran (historically known as Persia), for home use, local sale, and export.

The patterns are often inspired by the tile works in mosques or the gardens of the palaces. They are mostly floral in design on the carpets of Ispahan.

Below is a royal carpet with silk and metal Thread, 1600–1625, Isfahan, Iran, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, U S A.

Metal thread carpet, 17th century, Ispahan, Iran.

The art and craft of carpet weaving has gone through periods of decline during times of political unrest, or under the influence of commercial demands. It particularly suffered from the introduction of synthetic dyes during the second half of the nineteenth century. Carpet weaving still plays a major part in the economy of modern Iran. Modern production is characterized by the revival of traditional dyeing with natural dyes, the reintroduction of traditional tribal patterns, but also by the invention of modern and innovative designs, woven in the centuries-old technique. Hand-woven Persian carpets and rugs have been regarded as objects of high artistic and utilitarian value and prestige since the first time they were mentioned by ancient Greek writers.

Rug design can be described by the way the ornaments are arranged within the pile. One basic design may dominate the entire field, or the surface may be covered by a pattern of repeating figures.

In areas with traditional, time-honoured local designs, such as the Persian nomad tribes, the weaver is able to work from memory, as the specific patterns are part of the family or tribal tradition. This is usually sufficient for less elaborate, mostly rectilinear designs. For more elaborate, especially curvilinear designs, the patterns are carefully drawn to scale in the proper colours on graph paper. The resulting design plan is termed a “cartoon”. The weaver weaves a knot for each square on the scale paper, which allows for an accurate rendition of even the most complex designs. Designs have changed little through centuries of weaving. Today computers are used in the production of scale drawings for the weavers.