Deep Blue Ducks & Boita Khandua Cotton Saree craft This white cotton kotpad fabric

This white cotton kotpad fabric with stripes is true joy as it falls beautifully on your skin and its earthy fragrance mesmerises the soul

This is a ‘Bichitrapuri’ meaning a band of ikat work lines are sandwiched between two big checkered blocks of pasapali

in which the weft threads are set as plain yellow

Jharsuguda districts where Meher community reside

Deep Blue Ducks & Boita Khandua Cotton Saree craft This white cotton kotpad fabricKhandua 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, Odisha. Khandua is the Weave of the single largest cluster in Odisha at Nuapatna. Here, 10,000 weavers are present with approximately 6000 looms. The Weaves varieties are Nabarangi, Tarabali, Gitagobinda Bastra etc. Common Motifs are Star, temple, conch, rudrakshya, fish,