Kutch Embroidery

Kutch and Saurashra are regions in the state of Gujrat which are famous for its folk embroidery traditions which centre on dowry. In addition to the usual gifts of jewellery and household utensils, the bride brings to her husband's home a wealth of richly embroidered textiles carefully worked by herself and the women of her family. Such a dowry consists of costumes for the bride and the groom, hangings for their new home and trappings for their domestic animals.

Each village in Kutch have a distict style of embroidery and design. Mostly embroidery is highlighted by the sparkle of shishas (small mirrors).

The villages of embroidered I visited in 1998 are mostly in the "Rann of Kutch" the northern part of Kutch, Gujrat, adjoining Sind of East Pakistan. Parts of this area is desert, and the villages we visited are so small and not even marked on the map of Gujrat

Click below to visit the villages:

		[Village -1]		[Village -2]		[Wedding]		[Village-3]		[Village-4]