Black Ikat Yellow Kumbha Utkala Laxmi (Ladies' Gown) crafts Then it is dried and

Then it is dried and set together for several hours by painful mathematical precision of the weavers by hand

Nuapatna is home to approximately 10

it is an integral part of the Mahaprasad

either the warp or weft is tie-dyed before weaving (single ikat)

For weaving traditional pit loom with throw/fly shuttle technique is used

Black Ikat Yellow Kumbha Utkala Laxmi (Ladies' Gown) crafts Then it is dried andNuapatnas weaving origin traces back to 12th Century AD and it is closely associated with Lord Jagannath Temple rituals at Puri, Odisha. This is the weave of single largest cluster of Odisha at Nuapatna with 10,000 weavers present with approx 6000 looms. This is the red variant of our world famous heritage site Konarks main symbol the Konark Chakra or Wheel. Nuapatna specialises in single ikat. Out of thousands of types of fabrics, only this