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Kantha, Kanthas
Kantha
The name “Kantha” or “Kanthas” has many regional variations Katha, Kheta, etc. It is a form of hand embroidery on a piece of cloth with the help of a needle. It is a ancient fold art of India, particularly popular in the Bengal…
Hand Embroidery in India
Hand Embroidery in India
Kashmiri Embroidery
The Kashmiri embroidery is traditionally known as Kashida Embroidery. These are objects of rare beauty.
Kashmir is known for its beauty and the Kashisa hand-works are as beautiful as Kashmir.…
Embroidery of Tamil Nadu | Tamil Embroidery
The Tamil Embroidery, pieces of felt in muted colors are used in combination with strong dark colors to create a powerful effect which is strong and bold but never gaudy. In many pieces the embroidery designs are attached to the base…
Embroidery of Orissa
Embroidery in Orissa (Odisha) is used primarily in articles relating to religious observances. The embroidery work has evolved around temples—in Orissa around the famous temple of Jagannath at Puri and in Tamil Nadu in Thanjavur, the city…
Traditional Embroidery of Rajasthan
Rajasthan, as its name signifies, was a conglomeration of princely states. They were of all shapes and sizes, wielding varying degrees of power and enjoying wealth and prestige according to their size and martial prowess. Whatever their…
Toda Embroidery
The Todas are supposed to be remnants of the Greeks who came to India with Alexander the Great and penetrated as far South as the Nilgiris where they settled down. Their women sport a fantastic hairdo. The hair on top of the head is combed…
Tribal Embroidery
Tribal embroidery in India, is mostly done in straight stitches of different lengths made in various thicknesses of yarn. The effect is achieved not by the number of stitches used but by the manipulation of a single stitch in various ways.…
Chikan Embroidery of Lucknow
Lucknow is famous for chikan embroidery. The word chikan just means embroidery.
The Chikan embroidery was done on a locally woven muslin called tanzeb, the pattern being stamped with small wooden blocks using red earth colour which washed…
Kasuti Embroidery of Karnataka
In Kannada the word for embroidery is Kasuti. As with the chikan of Lucknow so with the Kasuti of Karnataka the word has become identified with the particular type of embroidery produced in that area. The best work is produced in the areas…
Kantha Embroidery of Bengal
Bengal has an old tradition of Kantha embroidery. Kantha Embroidery of Bengal has enjoyed international repute for the fineness of the muslins woven in Dacca. With exquisite names like Running Water these were woven plain or patterned with…
