Guwahati, Nov 18: The Assam government on Monday signed a loaning arrangement with the British Museum, London, for the display of the 'Vrindavani Vastra', a 16th-century silk textile depicting the life of Lord Krishna, in the State in 2027, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The Vrindavani Vastra was created under the guidance of Shrimanta Sankardeva, at the request of Koch king Nara Narayan, and it also has a part of a poem written by him.

The exhibit, acquired in 1904 from Tibet by the British Museum, is nine-and-a-half metres long and is made of several pieces of silk drapes. It originally featured 15 pieces that were later assembled.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in London, in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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