Lambadi Puku Kathalu Today

The Lambadi Puku Kathalu serves several purposes:

Today, as Lambani embroidery finds its way into high-fashion runways in Mumbai and London, the deeper narrative is being lost. “They buy our mirrors,” says 45-year-old artisan Rukmini, threading a needle under a thatched roof. “But they don’t know the puku of the mirror. That it is there to catch a demon’s reflection. That it holds a story inside its silver belly.” Lambadi Puku Kathalu