Our rituals and customs are also source of inspiration for our designers since ages. Scenes from our day today life found place in our traditional motifs for e.g. palanquin (Fig.12.5 and Fig.12.6), wedding scene (Fig.12.7), woman doing daily household work (Fig.12.12), dandiya (Fig.12.9), rangoli (Fig.12.10), alpana designs etc.
In south India traditional motifs are also derived from the temple architecture and sculpture which usually gopurs (Fig.12.11), chariots (Fig.12.12), bells etc. Temple motifs consist of row triangles fond on the saree borders (Fig.12.13).
Mythological characters and scenes from our great epics-like Ramayana, Mahabharta are being used since long time in textiles. Some common motifs taken from these epics are raslila scene (Fig.12.14).
The articles of everyday use were also incorporated as motifs in our different traditional textiles. For example Rattle, cradle (Fig.12.15), flower pot (Fig.12.16), lamp stands (Fig.12.17) are mainly used in the kasuti embroidery, printed and woven textiles.
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