Government emporium · Kolkata
The West Bengal government's crafts and handloom brand, set up in 2013, with its first store opening in Kolkata in 2014. Outlets at Dakshinapan, near Park Street and in Newtown sell Bengal handloom sarees, including Baluchari and Jamdani, with clear provenance.
| Type | Government emporium |
|---|---|
| Home city | Kolkata |
| Area | Dakshinapan, Dhakuria; Park Street; Newtown |
| Founded | 2014 |
Baluchari is a figurative silk brocade from West Bengal.
Jamdani is a technique of discontinuous supplementary weft in which each motif is woven into the fabric by hand, using small spools or sticks of thread that the weaver passes through the warp only where the design requires.
Murshidabad, in central West Bengal on the Bhagirathi river, was the capital of the Nawabs of Bengal in the eighteenth century and one of the principal silk-producing areas of India; its silk was exported widely through the East India Company.
Bhagalpur, on the southern bank of the Ganga in eastern Bihar, is India's best-known centre for tussar (tasar) silk weaving and is often called the 'Silk City'.
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