Kalkin dark red white horse Vishnu with horse's head riding a horse. The background to each suit may vary in shade and occasionally in colour. The numeral cards often have the value painted on them in Arabic or Telugu numerals and the lower values often have a fern-like decoration. The diameter of the cards is around 5cm. The mantris usually have one attendant and the rajas, which are enthroned underneath a canopy, have two.
Boxes normally show the incarnations around the sides.
Krishna dancing on the snake Kaliya is often painted on the lid, though the sun god, Surya, in his chariot, and a lady under a tree have also been recorded. Makers No painters' names have been recorded. MANN, Sylvia, All Cards on the Table, Jonas Verlag, 1990.