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Brindavani Vastra (English) [ IPA: [Brindavani] [Vastra] ASM: বৃন্দাৱনি বস্ত্ৰ]
Contributed by: Anjal Borah (অঞ্জল বৰা) on 2011-09-07
1. Handicraft(Proper Noun-Neuter) 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. নৰনাৰায়্ণ ৰজাৰ অনুৰোধমৰ্মে মহাপুৰুষ শংকৰদেৱে বৃন্দাবনত শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণৰ লীলা আৰু অন্যান্য ক্ৰীড়াসমূহ অংকন কৰি তৈয়াৰ কৰা এখন পাটৰ কাপোৰ৷ বৰ্তমান বস্ত্ৰভাগী লণ্ডনৰ ’ভিক্টোৰিয়া এণ্ড এলবাৰ্ট’ মিউজিয়ামত সংৰক্ষিত হৈ আছে৷