Textile Printing Works

The tie-and-dye and block printing  traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat are followed in Mandsaur, Indore and  Ujjain. Various form of printing are include like Batik Printing, Bagh  printing, Nandana printing, Block Printing. The Malwa and Nimar regions of Madhya  Pradesh are famous for their Hand block printing. In this process popular and  natural color are vegetable and natural dyes like indigo, pomegranate skin,  turmeric roots, iron, lac etc. These natural colors are do not fade easily,  permeate the textile and lend it an effect that is rich yet meticulous.

The  printed textile of Bagh located in Dhar district is world famous are  piece-de-resistance of block printing and these are created by a community of  printers called “Chheepa” derived from the Hindi word “Chhapna” meaning  printing. Bherongarh near Ujjain, have large printer communities who is lugda,  oudhnis, jajams and quilts.

Today a wide range available of hand block printing  products like dupattas, dress material, sarees, bed sheets, pillow covers, table  cloths etc. In Tarapur and Umedhpur, indigo is still used in printing and jawad  specializes in Nandana prints which contain traditional motifs in fast colors.  A resist process Batik in which the textile is painted with molten wax and then  dyed in cold dyes is complete on a huge scale in Indore.

Regions :  The Malwa and Nimar,  Indore, Ujjain, Mandsaur and Dhar regions are major centers of Madhya Pradesh  for textile printing.

Textile Weaving

In  textile Weaving Madhya  Pradesh are very famous for its delicate weaves, in the type of its rich  variety and range of Chanderi and Maheshwari sarees. Ancient texts tell of  Madhya Pradesh as a famous centre of weaving between 7th century and  2nd century B.C. . Amongst the Chanderi and Maheshwari sari are the  finest and beautiful textures of northern India. The Chanderi sari widely woven  in Guna district, It also extremely fine but has more intricately woven border  with motifs than the Maheshwari. Maheshwar on the bank of Narmada is a major  center for sarees weaving. Mostly the Maheshwari sarees, in cotton and silk, is  characterized by its simplicity. The body is either checkered, simple or with  stripes and combined with balancing colors. In Maheshwar weavers are settled  from Burhanpur, Banaras and Surat, at the insistence of Rani Ahilyabai Holkar  of Indore, who supported the growth of handloom weaving. In Chanderi and  Maheshwari, traditional crafts persons used fine cotton as weft and silk as  warp. The Chanderi and Maheshwari sari’s weavers are mostly Muslims, while Hindus  get on the trading. The Maheshwari sari is gossamer thin a delicate combine of  silk and cotton thread made small checks or stripes with a colored border. The  Chanderi cotton sarees are ideal summer wear. The sarees normally have two gold  bands on the pallay and has a rich gold border. The more expensive sari has  gold checks with lotus roundels all over which are known as butis. Tussar silk also known as Kosa silk woven by  the Devangan Community of Madhya Pradesh is known by its Sanskrit Name “KOSA”.  Rajgarh and Champa are main centers for Tussar silk sarees and fabrics in  Madhya Pradesh.

Regions : The Chanderi (Ashoknagar District) and Maheshwari  are major center for cotton and silk weaving and Rajgarh and Champa are  well-known for Tussar or Kosa silk in Madhya Pradesh.