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India is the land of cultural exuberance and composite
tradition that marks this blend has found full express
in heart-warming creations of master crafts persons. These
creators extraordinaire have inherited and honed ancestral
skills to perfection. India is also a country where time
honoured tradition co-exists in perfect harmony with the
best of modernity. The luxurious five star hotels, huge
shopping arcades and emporia somewhat akin to the ones
in New York, London or anywhere else in the world, demonstrate
all this very well. |
So go ahead, shop to your heart’s delight and take home
an exquisite, piece made in India, treasure it with your
memorable visit to India. |
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| Metal
Craft |
Gold
& Silverware:
The crafts persons of India not only excelled in enameled
jewellery but also enameled utensils such as wine-cups,
finger bowls, pillboxes etc., in both gold and silver
repousse, sometimes studded with jewels. Ideal Place To
Shop: Lucknow city in Utter Pradesh, also available in
all tourist cities.
Brass & Copperware:
India is the largest brass and copper-making region in
the world. For articles made out of one or more pieces
of metal. In most form use of ornaments, utensils and
showpieces.
Ideal Place To Shop:
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for utensils for utility and ornamental. Varanasi is known
for its cast and sculptured mythological images and emblemata
in brass and copper. Both towns are in Uttar Pradesh state
of India. And other regions are like Kashmir, Bihar, West
Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Tamilnadu and Kerala. |
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| Metal
Ornamentation |
Metal ornaments have a rave in all ages and times. The
attractive contrasts in colors and textures of metal has
led to evolution of metal ornamentation through techniques
like inlay, overlay, appliqué, fixing of colors.
Bidri:
Bidri, a form of surface ornamentation, in black colour,
which never fades and is relieved with silver and gold
inlay. Ideal Place To Shop: Lucknow well known for manufacturing
center and other north Indian tourist towns.
Enameling:
Enameling is the art of coloring and ornamenting the surface
of the metal by fusing over it various mineral substances.
The beauty of the article depends on the skill and resources
of the worker and the excellence of the material employed.
The range of the colors obtained on gold is much greater
than that on silver, copper and brass. Three forms of
Enameling are known to exist. Ideal Place To Shop: Lucknow
and Varanasi. And Jaipur specializes in enameled trays
and trinket boxes. |
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| Pottery
& Stone Craft |
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Pottery:
Skilful potters of India are famous for their eye-catching
articles of functional and decorative value. Surahis,
large sized containers, jars, stools, tiles, earthenware
dipped in vegetable colors are some of the famous pottery
work of India. Beautiful pottery and other ware made of
ceramics, is also one of the famous Indian buys. Ideal
Place To Shop: Khurja in Uttar Pradesh, Rampur is famous
for surahis, Nizamabad in Azamgarh, Alwar, Jaipur, Bikaner
in Rajasthan, Kangra in Himachal is rich in clay wares,
Khanapur in Karnataka is noted for its large containers
and jars, Kutch and Saurashtra in Gujarat is famous for
earthenware. Other regions are Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Himachal
Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. |
Stone
Craft and Marble Inlay Work:
Indian craftsmen are skilled in making cut, shaped, polished
beautiful objects from odd blocks of stone and marble.
The range of items include tableware, plates, bowls, food
containers, candle stands. Models carved in marble of
the Taj, vases, boxes, lamps, plates, bowls and pitchers
are some of the popular items produced here. Ideal Place
To Shop: Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Vrindavan
near Mathura is famous for alabaster objects embossed
with synthetic gems, Jhansi for sange – rathek stone carved
objects, Midnapur in West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and
Rajasthan. |
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| Wood
Craft |
Wood
Carving:
Painstakingly carved and inlaid, the wooden articles of
India are quite a rave with all lovers of woodcarvings.
The range of designs includes vine leaf patterns, floral,
geometric and figurative decoration, in addition to the
traditional anguri and takai carvings, jali, brass, copper
and ivory inlay work. Woodcarvings made out of sandalwood
and rosewood is famous in India. Ideal Place To Shop:
Saharanpur is famous for hard sheesham carvings, Mainpur
in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Karnataka,
Kerala and Rajasthan.
Wood Lacquering
& Sculptures:
Lacquering on the wood products add color, sparkle, and
smoothness thereby imparting lustrous finesse. India is
well known for ornamental lacquering involving intricate
patterns like zigzag and dana work, atishi, abri or cloud
and nakashi.
Sculptures:
Apart from marvelous prototypes of various gods and goddesses,
the wall plaques, statues and toys made of rosewood; sandalwood
and teakwood are famous artistic woodcarvings of southern
India. Ideal Place To Shop: Varanasi for lacquered toys,
Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Sikkim,
West Bengal and Karnataka. |
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| Precious
& Semi Precious Stones |
Precious
Stones:
The land that spells royalty is the home of the nameless
precious and semi precious stones like mother of pearl,
diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, lapis lazuli, aquamarines,
amethysts and others. The process of transforming a rough
stone into a shapely object needs great skill in which
Indian craftsmen are adapted to the core. Ideal Place
to Shop: Kashmir, Rajasthan and Mumbai.
Costume
Jewellery:
India is one of the most important countries for the manufacture
and export of costume jewellery. It has the largest production
base for glass beads. Ideal Place to Shop: Varanasi, Purdilpur
and Mathura are famous for glass bead, stringing glass
and wooden beads necklaces, Ferozabad is rich in lightweight
beads, German Jewellery is found in Agra, Meerut for metal
jewellery, silver ornaments in Rajasthan and Haryana,
Rohtak for peasant jewellery and head ornaments in Maharashtra.
Tribal Jewellery:
India’s tribal jewellery is major attraction within the
country as well as abroad. The adornment fashioned from
flowers, leaves, stones of creepers are unbelievably charming,
shells, seeds and berries being the most celebrated. Ideal
Place to Shop: Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Kerala, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, shell bracelets found in
West Bengal. |
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| Paintings |
Floor
Painting:
The origin of painting is traced to a moving legend recorded
in the Chitralakshana – the earliest Indian treatise on
painting. The Chola rulers in the south, made extensive
use of Kolam, floor designs. Only women do these decorations.
Wall Paintings:
The paintings on walls have deeper themes, also narrative
in a series of panels. Wall paintings are usually made
at festivals and special occasions like marriages. Folk
paintings attain a high standard and artists won a great
fame in this art.
Phad Paintings:
Phad Paintings are predominantly yellow, red and green
colored long scrolls carried by the “Bhopas” itinerant
balladeers of Rajasthan who narrated in song the legend
of Pabuji – a local hero.
Mughal Miniature:
Of all the art forms in the Mughal period, miniature paintings
are painstakingly painted creations that depict the events
and lifestyle of the Mughals in their magnificent palaces.
Madhubani:
The wall paintings of Madhubani are joyous expressions
of the women in Madhubani. The lively compositions and
the vibrant colors used to paint them are generally drawn
from Indian mythology. Ideal Place to Shop: Bihar, Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and
West Bengal. |
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| Textiles |
Brocade
Textiles:
Extreme softness, vivid colors and translucent texture
characterize the silk weaving of India. The brocade or
kinkab (superb weaving in gold and silver) has wide variety
of techniques and styles. The brocades are distinguished
by poetic names like chand tara, dhupchaon, mazchar, morgala,
bulbul chasm. Ideal Place to Shop: Varanasi for tanchoi
sarees, Jamdani is the spatiality of Tanda in Faizabad,
Mysore, Kanchipuram, Murshidabad and Kashmir for silk
sarees, cotton sarees of Bengal and Madhya Pradesh are
well known, and patola sarees of Gujarat and Orissa are
also famous.
Embroidery:
The stitch by its sheer provides ornamentation to the
material. The charm lies in the minuteness of the floral
motifs. Stitches used are satin stitch, button stitch,
hole stitch, dar stitch, netting and appliqué work which
brings a charming shadowy effect on lace. The heavier
work is called zardozi while the embroidery done in metal
wire is called zari work. Ideal Place To Shop: Kashmir,
Uttar Pradesh, Chikan embroidery of Lucknow and other
north Indian tourists towns.
Hand Block
Printing:
Hand block printing in India was the chief occupation
of the chippas – a community of printers. They use metal
or wooden blocks to print designs on the fabrics by hand.
Ideal Place To Shop: Uttar Pradesh, Kutch, Kathiawar,
Rajasthan and Gujarat are well known for bandhni design.
Ethnic Dresses:
As India is a land of various communities, one can fall
into temptation of buying at least half a dozen ethnic
dresses from various parts of the country. Ideal Place
To Shop: Rajasthan, Gujarat, Lucknow, Kashmir, Bihar,
Kerala, Chennai. |
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| Furniture |
Cane
& Moonj:
India offers a superb selection of baskets made of moonj
grass. Durable and decorative cane furniture and other
articles made here are a major draw as items of export.
Ideal Place To Shop: Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura,
Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Decorative Work:
Patra furniture is plated with white metal is intricately
carved and engraved. This type of furniture is famous
even today as it was once adorned in palaces. Lac furniture
is also exquisite in variety and embellished with workmanship
called Sankheda. Ideal Place To Shop: Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Assam, Kashmir, Tripura, Orissa and Punjab. |
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| Floor
Coverings |
Carpets:
The carpets of India are universally admired not only
for their original patterns, fine wool and rich colors,
but also for being produced in sizeable quantities of
acceptable commercial quality. High quality carpets are
produced mostly in three varieties – Persian, Turkoman
and Ambusson.
Durries:
The brilliantly colored durries are also an statement
of the imagination of the craftsmen of India. Exciting
colors, forms, shapes and vibrant images characterize
this delightful art form.
Jute Floor
Covering & Runners:
The craftsmen of West Bengal have made use of this product
extensively in an exquisite manner to create several l
types of floor covering with several hues, sizes and designs,
which represent Indian skills par excellence. Ideal Place
To Shop: Agra, Amritsar, Jaipur, Gwalior, Kashmir and
Bengal.
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