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Craftsman from the whole country has found the freedom to express their culture and art in these 9 yards of fabric and perhaps This is why India is home to some of the finest handloom fabric since long ago. One among such beautiful weaves, Comes from Maheshwar Madhya Pradesh. with its enriched history, the town falls right in its framed Maheshwari fabric. The Sarees are a few of the diverse fusion which makes Maheshwar a multidimensional and adored place to visit in Madhya Pradesh. History  In the 5th century maheshwar a town on the Bank of narmada was once the capital of malwas and considerably lofty status was their in terms of royal interest till Maratha Holkar region 1818. The royal family motivated that arrived into superiority of maheshwari saree. According to the legend, the craftsman from Surat and malwa Where employed to design a complete 9 yard by the Rani Ahilya Bai Holka. Which were gifted to the relatives and guest who visited the pa...

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...

The Bhujodi is an almost 500 years old village. Most of the inhabitants of this village are either of Rabari or the vankar community and they are all weavers. Each domestic shawls, blanket, ghagar, and lungi is woven in the Bhujodi, and here is a bhujodi crafted.  Origin   The story of the origin of Bhujodi shawls is related to Ramdev peer, he came to Kutch from Rajasthan as a pilgrimage to Narayan sarovar. Soon few of his followers Built temples in his praise and asked him to bring some of his kin from Marwar to take care of the temple. This led to the settlement of the Meghwal community of weavers in kutch.   The second story of the migration of weavers of the kutch region around 500 years ago, is that a girl belonging to a rich Rabari family was married to a man in kutch and she was given weavers as dowry. This family of weavers grew into a large community in the following years.  Process of making  Originally Bhujodi ...

Khneng embroidery, traditionally done on eri silk, is an art form unique to Mustoh and the Shella region, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya. The embroidery is traditionally done on an eri silk shawl, adding attraction and economic value through intricate designs applied as a border. The patterns are unique and are used to embellish the traditional red-and-yellow square chequered fabric. This embroidery technique is an expression of local cultural identity, and an important physical illustration of historic trading routes in the state of Meghalaya. The eri base cloth has traditionally been woven in Ri-Bhoi and sold to embroiderers in Mustoh through traders moving between the two districts. History   The Source of the word, Khneng locally known khasi means border. We have no clear history of the origin of Khneng art, but traces can be found date back to around 200 years ago surprisingly, at the inspiration of the embroidery came from an insect, locally called ktiar, whi...

The art that symbolizes women’s empowerment is known as Tikuli. There is historical importance related to tikuli art. Locally the colorful dots that women wear between their eyebrows is known as tikuli. Commonly tikuli is called Bindi. The bindi serves as a symbol of women who wears bindi to represent intellect, and it is this facet that influences tikuli art.  There are a lot of similarities between Tikuli art and madhubani painting, it is difficult to find differences in the paintings. There are very tiny variation in both craft. History Over 800years back Tikuli art originates. The art includes very refine artwork that can rarely be seen at first look. The painting that prevails in the local area gained popularity and manages to grab the spotlight of traders and Mughals who show interest in the appreciation of this art. It is said that Tikuli art is worn by Queens. With the advent of the British and the decline of the Mughals. This art faces a hard time....

Pipili\pipli town, puri District, Odisha is known for its applique work which is also known as Chandua. Applique is the version of the French word appliquer, which means “to put on”.  Pipili’s work is related to Lord Jagannath, during the 12th-century umbrellas and canopies were prepared for the Rath yatra of Jagannath by the Gajapatis are from applique work.  History    There is interesting mythology of how applique came in Puri and, ultimately, Pipli. The story tells, how Emperor Badshah, of what might have been Delhi, ordered a darji or professional tailor to create two pillows. The darji finished the first and found his creation to be so wonderful that he thought them only befitting for use by Lord Jagannath. When the darji returned the next morning to complete his handiwork, one of the pillows was found to be missing. Upon knowing this, Badshah imprisoned the darji for the crime of stealing. However, that night, Lord Jagannath came to Bad...