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Koraput Weaving – The Weave with Healing Qualities
Indian hand woven fabrics have been known since time immemorial. Poets of the Mughal Durbar likened our muslins to baft hawa (woven air), abe...
Kalamkari Painting in India
The term Kalamkari is derived from kalam, the Persian word for pen and kari (work) and literally means ‘pen work’. These are traditionally made...
SAMBHALPURI WEAVE & BOMKAI WEAV E
Although Orissa is traditionally not a cotton growing state, it has a substantial and numerically large weaving population that depends on the handloom industry...
Habitual Handbound Notebooks Bahi: History, Production, and Types
Handbound Notebooks Bahi
Handbound Notebooks Bahi is a diary used for ledger keeping and accounting since many decades in India. It is nearly as ancient...
Hand embroidery designs in India
There are many specialized regional embroideries including Soof, Rabari, Pako, Mochi barat, Ahir, Aari, Mutwa, Sujni, Zardoziand many more, which are documented separately. This...
Gond Painting
Introduction to Gond Painting
History of Wall Painting in India
The oldest wall paintings in India are found in the caves of Bhimbetka declared by...