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TextileGI Tagged · 2012-13
Habaspuri Saree
TownKalahandi
StateOdisha
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2012-13
About
A once-royal handloom textile from the Kalahandi region, woven using a fine cotton-and-tussar blend with intricate temple-border patterns, revived after nearly disappearing following the decline of royal patronage.
Did you know? Habaspuri weaving nearly vanished after the erstwhile Kalahandi royal family stopped commissioning it, the craft survived only because a handful of weaver families kept the technique alive across generations without institutional support.