The Kalamkari painting of Rudragna Veerbhadra shows how natural colous could be made use of for depicting beauty. Kalamkari is an exquisite ancient craft of painted and printed fabrics. It derives it's name from Kalam meaning Pen, and Kari meaning work, literally Pen-work. It is a hand painting as well as block printing with vegetable dyes. Kalamkari art has evolved through trial and error over the last 3000 years. Techniques of craftsmanship in Kalamkari were handed down within the families from generation to generation