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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.