Indian Folk Arts and Crafts

ancient Andhra Pradesh background bamboo bandhani baskets Bengal Bihar border brocade carpets carry carved clay cloth cotton sarees crafts craftsmen created decorative deities Delhi designs developed different colours distinctive style durree dyed dyes embroidered embroidery enamel engraved export extra weſt fabric festival figures finest flowers geometrical patterns glazed goddess gold thread Gujarat handicrafts Haryana homes ikat images important centres inlay intricate patterns ivory ivory-carving Jaipur Jamdani jewellery Karnataka Kashmir Kasuti Kerala known Kutch large number lotus Madhya Pradesh metal motifs Mughal Mysore namdas necklace ordhnis Orissa ornament painted Paithani pallu patola phulkari pieces pottery prepared printing produced Punjab Rajasthan rich ritual sarees Saurashtra shapes shawls Shiva silk silver similar specialised stitch stone stone-carvers stylised surface Tamil Nadu temple textiles tie-and-dye tradition tribal Uttar Pradesh Varanasi variety village walls warp threads weavers weaving weft women wood wood-carving wooden wool woollen worn worship woven