Black Ikat (Fabric) Metres:4.5 and mineral colours are used

and mineral colours are used for painting on patta or specialised canvas medium prepared organically for painting such as: vermillion red- hingula (cinnabar)

which would otherwise take up a lot of time and difficult simultaneous usage of hands and legs of the weavers leading to much higher cost of the same fabric

This blouse is designed and tailored inhouse by us from the very graceful Nuapatna grey with polka dots fabric

Khandua Facts from GI (Geographical Indications) Document: Origin of Khandua traces back to 12th Century AD and it is closely associated with Lord Jagannath Temple rituals at Puri

Black Ikat (Fabric) Metres:4.5 and mineral colours are usedNuapatnas weaving origin traces back to 12th Century AD and it is closely associated with Lord Jagannath Temple rituals at Puri, Odisha. This is the weave of single largest cluster of Odisha at Nuapatna with 10,000 weavers present with approx 6000 looms. This is black single ikat work. Nuapatna specialises in single ikat. Method of production of this fabric: The tie and dye or bandha is done beforehand for hundreds of metres by two to three weavers