Purple Black Animal Anchal Bomkai Silk Saree craft 3) Brass Diya (handmade) with

3) Brass Diya (handmade) with cotton (just add ghee/oil & it's ready to light & use)

The tie and dye or ‘bandha’ of labanga (cloves) motifs is done beforehand for hundreds of metres by two to three weavers together

This huge 8 feet by 8 feet Chandua - Special Ceiling hanging - is made for Durga Puja

The imagination and skill of our Nuapatna weavers is extra-ordinary

tiger with hunter

Purple Black Animal Anchal Bomkai Silk Saree craft 3) Brass Diya (handmade) withBomkai Facts from GI (Geographical Indications) Document Bomkai saree originated from a small village called Bomkai in Ganjam district, South Odisha (woven mainly on coarse cotton). The designs now known as Bomkai developed in late 80s around Sonepur (Western Odisha) on finer cotton & silk with numerous buta buti design which is nowadays the main focus point of Odisha handloom sarees. It is woven by keeping warp stretched and extended while weft