Bargarh
Bargarh is one of the major revenue generating districts, situated in western
part of Orissa. It is 380 Kms far from state capital, Bhubaneswar and around 50
Kms far from Sambalpur Town. The town is well connected with road and railways.
It is on the Road side of National Highway number 5 (Mumbai - Kolkata). The
nearest Air port is Raipur, state capital of Chhattisgarh.
Bargarh Handloom cluster is spread over the entire block of Bargarh, Attabira,
Bijepur and Sohella. The cluster has 7158 numbers of looms as per the survey
report of the zonal Handloom office taken up during the year 2004 out of which
5102 looms are working in 299 different villages. The main products of the
cluster are cotton sarees of tie and dye and small amount of dress materials,
lungis and napkins etc. The annual production is around 10 Crores rupees. The
products of this area are mostly marketed in Orissa and National market. The
cluster so to say represents Orissa in quantitative and qualitative Tie and Dye
Cotton Sarees as no other clusters of other districts in Orissa produces such
sarees.
The weaving in the cluster by the traditional weavers' community popularly
known as "Bhulia" came in to existence during mid of 17th century and
with increase in their population, they spread to other nearby places. They
initially belong to Rajasthan and were presented during the 14th century to the
ruler of Patna State, a king of Chouhan dynasty "Ramai Deb". Later on
they were presented to the king of Sonepur during the 16th century and
scattered to the nearby district i.e., Bargarh in the next century.
The cluster consist sizable number of professional weavers (Non traditional)
from Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe (Kuli caste) weavers, which in total
accounts for 60 %. Generally these weavers are less skilled and engaged in
production of Napkin, Lungi, Sarees, Dhotis, etc.
The Tie and Dye Cotton sarees of this region characterized by ‘IKAT’ print have
different patterns and use of different shades and colors and are an exclusive
of the region.
Contact Us
Mr Debajit Nandy
Orissa State Handloom Weavers Coop.Society Ltd. [BOYANIKA]
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Bhubaneshwar - 751 001,
Orissa
Phone: +91 - 674 - 2395387
Mobile: +91 - 9937225468
Email: debjit.nandy@rediffmail.com
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