Cloth Handicrafts: Tie and Dye

Tie & Dye is the process of tying and dying yarn or cloth. The Ikat style is created through the resist dyeing of yarn.
In Odisha, the Tie and Dye textile weaving technique is known as ‘Bandha’.
- The technique involves dyeing a fabric that is tightly tied with a thread at several points, resulting in a variety of patterns such as Leheriya, Mothra, Ekdali, and Shikari depending on how the cloth is tied.
- The finished products are known by various names such as Khombi, Ghar Chola, Patori, and Chandrokhani, among others.

Name	Location	Features
Paagadu Bandhu	Andhra Pradesh	In this tie-dye process, the fabric is woven first, resist bindings are then applied to the fabric which is then dyed.
Tehlia Rumal	Andhra Pradesh	In this alizarin dyes are used to make the cloth oily.
Ajrakh Printing	Gujarat	It is a block-printed textile that is resist-dyed using natural dyes, including indigo and madder. It is done mainly by the Khatris Community in the Kutch region.
Mata Ni Pachedi	Gujarat	Red is the main colour used here.
Thigma	Jammu and Kashmir	Natural ingredients are used to colour the woollen cloth such as soot to produce grey and apple bars and onion peels for brown.
Jadu Patua Painting	Jharkhand	Painted by Jadu Community.
Pichhwai Paintings	Rajasthan	Portrait paintings are mainly themed around lord Krishna on a cloth or paper.
Dabu printing	Rajasthan	It is an ancient mud resist hand block printing technique.
Muthangi	Tamil Nadu	This type of dress is mainly made for idols.
Sungadi	Tamil Nadu	Traditional tie and dye technique.
Dhalapathar Parda	Odisha	By Rangani Community of Odisha.
Kani Shawl (GI Tagged)	Jammu and Kashmir	It is made of delicate Pashmina wool collected from the underbelly of wild Tibetan and Ladakh mountain goats.
Kotpad Handloom Fabric (GI Tagged)	Odisha	Its designs are taken from the geometrical pattern of a duck, hand fan, flower, palanquin, fish, animal, etc.
Tangaliya Shawl (GI Tagged)	Gujarat	It is a dotted hand-woven textile.