Madhubani Elephant Tissue Holder - Engraved Hand-Painted Wood henna table clock Above the doorway of almost

Above the doorway of almost every South Indian temple sits a Keerthimukha — a fierce

considered the third of the Sakthi temple triad in the Tondaimandalam region

giving a durable finish that faithfully reproduces the fine Pattachitra linework

making it a natural colour choice for the Apsara motif

this is a way to bring that same warmth into a completely functional

Madhubani Elephant Tissue Holder - Engraved Hand-Painted Wood henna table clock Above the doorway of almostIn the Kohbar ghar, the ceremonial wedding room of a Mithila home, painters would fill the walls with auspicious imagery to bless a new marriage and the elephant, a symbol of strength, memory, and good fortune, was a recurring guest in that visual vocabulary. That same tradition of Madhubani painting, one of Bihar's oldest folk art forms, shapes the facing pair of elephants engraved onto this standing napkin holder. The elephants are engraved into the