The craftmanship and beauty of Indian embroidery is breathtaking. India being a vast land not just have cultural and regional difference but same is also seen in the art and skills. Similar is the beauty of embroideries prevailing in each of these regions.
These embroideries are so intricate and mesmerizing that one gets soaked up in its charming beauty. No doubt such work takes lot of patience and perseverance to be made.
Each region of India nourishes various forms of these intricate embroideries. All have some history associated with it, be it Chikankari of Lucknow, or gotta patti work of Rajasthan. The list of these embroideries is unending and are known locally with different names. We have tried to list here the best known embroideries of India.
- Chikankari Hand Embroidery
- Gotta Patti Hand Embroidery
- Kantha Stitch Hand Embroidery
- Soof Hand Embroidery
- Aari/ Zalakdozi Hand Embroidery
- Needle Work – Hand Embroidery
- Paper Machie Hand Embroidery
- Tilla Work – Hand Embroidery
- Zardosi Hand Embroidery
- Kashmiri Kalamkari Hand Embroidery
- Phulkari Hand Embroidery
- Pakko Hand Embroidery
- Parsi Gara Hand Embroidery
- Mural Hand Embroidery
- Mirror work Hand Embroidery
- Lambani Hand Embroidery
- Sindhi Stitch/ Kutchi Bharat Hand Embroidery
- Kashmiri Kashidakari Hand Embroidery
- Kamdani Hand Embroidery
- Chamba Rumal Hand Embroidery
- Banni or Heer Bharat (Gujarat) Hand Embroidery
- Karchobi Hand Embroidery (Rajasthan)
- Kasuti or Kasuthi hand embroidery(Karnataka)
- Kathi (Gujarat) hand embroidery
- Kutch or Aribharat hand embroidery
- Mukesh Work hand embroidery
- Phool patti Ka Kaam (Uttar Pradesh)
- Pipli applique work embroidery(Odisha)
- Rabari hand embroidery(Rajasthan and Gujarat)
- Shamilami hand embroidery(Manipur)
- Toda or Pukhoor hand embroidery
- Salma Hand Embroidery