Place · applique craft town · India
Pipili
Also known as Pipli
Pipili between Bhubaneswar and Puri on the pilgrim highway has been making applique chandua umbrellas, canopies and ceremonial trappings for the Jagannath temple at Puri since the twelfth century — the state-granted craft of the darji sewing-caste families here, whose work covers the chariots of the Ratha Yatra, the thrones of the three deities and the ceremonial fans used in the temple's daily rites. Bright patches of cotton in mirror-work geometries and mythic animals are cut and sewn onto a dark ground to make umbrellas, lamp-shades, wall hangings, bags and more recently garden parasols for the tourist market. Pipili applique received a Geographical Indication tag in 2008.
- Function
- Trade & production
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 20.114, 85.834
Connections (1)
- Site adjacencyBhubaneswar
Pipili sits on the Bhubaneswar-Puri National Highway 316 twenty kilometres south of Bhubaneswar and twenty-five kilometres north of Puri, in the belt where the chandua applique craft is the hereditary trade of the darji sewing-caste families. Pipili's chariot canopies and ceremonial umbrellas supply the Jagannath temple at Puri, while its retail market and workshops are in Bhubaneswar's commuter orbit. The craft received a Geographical Indication tag in 2008 and is one of the three principal textile crafts of Odisha with Sambalpuri ikat and Berhampuri silk.
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