Dyes or mordants, or fixing agents, are painted with a brush on cotton cloth. Like individual drawings they have a human touch unlike blockprinting where the use of blocks makes the process more mechanical and restricted. Floor spreads, wall hangings, ceiling cloths, tents panels, temple hangings and canopies were crated either by handpainting, blockprinting or a combination of both at various centres all over India. In Masulipatnam and Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh this technique is called Kalamakari, form kalam, pen and kari, work. Figurative and floral motifs predominated and these large spreads, palampores, were in great demand all over the world. Sickinaikanpet in Tamila Nadu was another centre for ritual temple hangings, ceiling that hung above the deity. Vibrant colours, red, black, ochre and white, were applied in bold strokes on spreads that looked similar to appliqué.