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Indian diaspora of textiles, arts, and crafts, is immensely huge and vast just like a never-ending ocean featured with over 30 fabric crafts sprawling across the country. Almost each and every state or territory produces their own textile crafts since decades which embrace the heritage and cultures of India. With using textiles like Cotton, Jute, Silk reigning the trading from India to the rest of the world for years. If you are someone who is a keen lover of collecting different textiles, then here are listed some of the top 6 textile arts of India for which you must know. Each one of these textile crafts of India showcases the legacy of former reign.
Dabu prints from Rajasthan -
Rajasthan is widely known for its Dabu prints mainly practised by the Chhipa community of Akola & Bagru village in Rajasthan. Each district of Rajasthan prints Dabu in their own different styles, but the original one can only be found at Bagru village. The process includes natural dyes extracted from fruits, flowers, leaves, seeds, etc.
Kalamkari from Machilipatnam -
Every craft has its own fore backed story of craftsmen for whom there’s no happiness of discovering something new but to retain the legacy by passing it on to future generations. Similarly Kalamkari prints are manufactured in a small village called Pedana in Andhra Pradesh and have an historic significance of former decades.
Banarasi Silk from Banaras -
A famous textile art of Banarasi silk is known for its sacred history, heritage, and opulent textile crafts. Banaras is the another name of Varanasi which has retained the legacy of handwoven Banarasi silk from years. The ornamental gold zari motifs bring an ultimate grace to the fabric.
Block Printing in Rajasthan -
Hand Block Printing in Jaipur is something which is being the most highlighted and trending textile craft that amuses everyone by its style and elegance. The art is mainly practised in Bagru and Sanganer village of Rajasthan near Jaipur where you can embark on your textile printing tour.
Chanderi Fabric from Madhya Pradesh -
Existence since Vedic era, a fabric of Chanderi widely celebrates the Handloom collections of India. Chanderi is known for its noteworthy hand weaving technique, the artisans of MP have been interweaving silk, cotton, and zari to produce a stunning piece of fabric.
All these are the most popular arts of Indian textiles which you must know well if you are a true textile lover. For understanding more about Block Printing Jaipur or any other textile art you can book your workshop tour to witness the process and steps involved in this art.