UNESCO Lists 50 iconic Indian Textiles

10pointer03 Oct, 2022Education

10POINTER- UNESCO has released a list of 50 exclusive and iconic heritage textile crafts of India under the title ?Handmade for the 21st Century: Safeguarding Traditional Indian Textile?. Key heritage textiles mentioned in the list From North: Khes from Panipat, Chamba rumals from Himachal Pradesh, Thigma or wool tie and dye from Ladakh and Awadh Jamdani from Varanasi. From the south: Ilkal and Lambadi or Banjara embroidery from Karnataka, Sikalnayakanpet Kalamkari from Thanjavur, Toda embroidery and Sungadi from Tamil Nadu and Himroo weaves from Hyderabad.