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Regions
India does not have one way of making. It has thousands, and they are not evenly spread.
- 01
Kashmir
High-altitude wool, and a needlework tradition worked at very fine scale.
North - 02
Rajasthan
Printing blocks, quartz-bodied pottery and stone, worked in a dry landscape.
West - 03
Gujarat
Resist dyeing and double-ikat weaving, among the most technically demanding textile work in India.
West - 04
Madhya Pradesh
Painting practices rooted in Gond visual culture, and fine handloom cotton.
Centre - 05
Odisha
Cloth painting, tie-dyed weaving and silver drawn to wire.
East - 06
West Bengal
Stitch, fired earth and cast metal, often made in village clusters.
East - 07
Andhra Pradesh
Kalamkari, in two distinct schools — one drawn by pen, one printed by block.
South - 08
Telangana
Ikat weaving and metal inlay.
South - 09
Karnataka
Turned and lacquered wood, and inlaid metal.
South - 10
Tamil Nadu
Figurative carving and bronze casting, worked to inherited proportion.
South - 11
Kerala
Coir and plant fibre, and a metal-mirror tradition unique to the state.
South - 12
Northeast India
Backstrap weaving and cane work across many distinct communities.
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