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A traditional style of tie and dye originally from Rajasthan is the description of leheriya. It symbolizes the unique and rich heritage of Rajasthan. The leheriya gets its name from the Rajasthani word waves. The pattern is inspired by the flow of sand in the desert. Process  Dye resistance technique is used to create the effect of leheriya onto simple cotton, Georgette, silk, or chiffon fabrics. The dyer ties the cloth and folds it spirally a striped pattern on the cloth. Then the cloth is deepened in the color solution and the untied portion of the cloth gains color.  After unfolding the cloth leheriya pattern merged because the tide pattern didn't gain the color. This is the process of dual-color leheriya. For multicolor this process is repeated, and you will get beautiful multi-colored leheriya. Innovation   The lehariya technique produces an additional dyeing is advance form of leheriya. The original resi...

The kings and the royal have zardozi embroidery ornamentations in their attire. Elaborately, tent walls, scabbards, wall hanging, and pieces of stuff of elephants and horses zardozi can be seen. Gold and silver threads were used at that time to realize the work addition is the pearls and stones. History   The zardozi consists of two Persian terms, zar meaning gold and dozi meaning embroidery. Under the Mughal emperor, Akbar zardozi embroidery took its zenith. Although zardozi knew now connected to the Persian seeds, especially in the Mughal era, the reality is that this style of embroidery is done in India well before that. There is a mention of the sacred cloth of gold or hiranya in Reg Veda. There are varied instances of mentions of embroidery as an embellishment on the attire of Gods. The heavy embroidery on scarves, veils, shawls, and leather items has evidence in written as well as sculpture during the period of Kush...

The luxurious Dharmavaram silk saree has resurged as the saree of intention for the modern bride looking for a definitive ethnic wedding. Interestingly, the weaving of Dharmavaram sarees is one of the latest, in comparison to all other drapes. History   Dharmavaram sarees are the deluxe patronage of the town of Dharmavaram, in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. This ancient town gets its name from Dharmamba, who was the mother of Kriya Shakthi Vodavaru Swamy, the founder of the town. The town took to silk weaving naturally due to the surplus of mulberry trees around the area, which makes for a natural breeding ground for wild silkworms. By the 19th century, the mulberry silk Dharmavaram sarees found nationwide commendation for the sheer splendidness and glamour of the weave. Woven originally as wedding sarees, in shades of red and yellow, the weavers innovated over time to include all colors, motifs, designs, and ornaments to keep up with...

Jamawar or jamavar originated in the hilly regions of Kashmir. The word jamavar means a robe or shawl and war means yard. In the early days, people use to purchase jamawar shawls to protect themselves from the chilly winter. Traditionally the jamawar is a blend of two types of fabrics. The uniqueness of the shawl is the blend of many hues and colors, which is distinctive. The design in a jamavar is woven into the fabric with no loose threads on the back side, not as the Banarasi weave where loose threads are not stitched perfectly at the back side of the fabric. Commonly jamawar fabric is used in shawls. But, recently it is also used in the design of stitched garments, sarees, blouses, bedspreads, tablecloths and curtains. Origin and History  The jamawar silk reach the Indian subcontinent from Persia around five centuries ago. Though, jamawar is in its glory in the era of the mughal emperor  Akbar.  Historically, jamawar shawls were han...

The embroidery got its recognition in the ethnic land of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashida Embroidery is one of the most ancient and traditional type of art. You can also called  Kashida embroidery as kashidakari. It uses beads and thread work  Which shows cultural essence.  Origin and history  The origin of kashida embroidery is long back in history and The native of Srinagar themselves have bought into the practice.  The kashida embroidery was famous in the region during the medieval period in the era of Mughal, due to promotion and support provided by the rulers of that time. The menfolk of the community  Initiated manually this extraordinary art. embroidery requires great skills and hard work because of the reason of fine and detailed needlework to acquire the creative and nervous patterns. Technique The material used for kashida embroidery is cotton, wool, or silk with multi-colors.  While the threads are made of Wool...