Teal Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art comb pendant necklace and Hanuman at their feet

and Hanuman at their feet — making this as much a storytelling piece as a devotional one

the mandala motif is a pan-Indian geometric symbol

garlanded and holding his staff

this is a piece often chosen for entryways — a symbolic guardian at the threshold — or as a gift with real mythological weight behind it

and the marigold garlands strung up for Gangaur processions

Teal Cheriyal Mask – Hand-painted Telangana Folk Art comb pendant necklace and Hanuman at their feetPeacock feathers have long supplied Indian craft traditions with a particular blue green that doesn't quite match either colour on its own, and it's that same teal that colours this pair of Cheriyal masks from the village of Cheriyal, near Warangal in Telangana. The craft behind it is roughly 400 years old, practised by the Nakashi community and awarded a Geographical Indication tag in 2010 for being unique to this one part of the country. The base of