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Kalamkari Dupattas

I’m sharing images of few of my cotton and chiffon kalamkari dupattas. I love kalamkari, a unique Indian art of hand-painting of intricate designs on fabrics using eco-friendly, natural, vegetable dyes and gums. This art is ancient and has its roots at Machilipatnam and Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh.

Kalamkari Chiffon DupattasKalamkari Mul Mul Dupatta
Zari Border kalamkari dupattaZari border kalamkari dupatta

Zari border kalamkari dupattaZari border kalamkari dupattaOrange cotton kalamakari dupattaBlue Kalamkari Dupatta
Green kalamkari dupatta with pochampalli borderGreen kalamkari dupatta with pochampalli border

History and process of Kalamkari.

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18 Responses to “Kalamkari Dupattas”


  • sowhatsnewtoday
    March 4th, 2008 08:16
    1

    I love these…..escp the last green one is sooo pretty. how do you wear these? on plain khadi kurtas?

    I usually mix n match with khadi/mangalgiri cotton kurtis/kurtas.

  • bee
    March 4th, 2008 14:27
    2

    beautiful. i have one of these and did not know the source. now i do.

  • rupa
    March 5th, 2008 04:35
    3

    Oh, I have a weakness for these and anything with cotton, handloom stuff…block printing and kalamkari is one of the finest.

  • sia
    March 6th, 2008 02:43
    4

    i bought a salwar set this december when i was in india. and i second rupa here… sailu, first u make us drool with ur food site and now with this site :D

  • Suchitra
    March 6th, 2008 23:06
    5

    I am going to Vizag next week… can u tell me where I can find these there?

    I have picked them up from the weaver who sells them during annual exhibitions. You can find them at Fabindia and probably Prapancha (near Waltair Club).

  • shilpa
    March 8th, 2008 10:06
    6

    Wow they are beautiful sailu.

  • rupa
    March 13th, 2008 05:47
    7

    Hi Sailu,

    can you tell me when is this annual exhibition displayed in Vizag…am new to the city…it will be of great help since I am a very handloom and cotton person….

    Sometime during winter (Dec-Jan), Rupa, usually held at Vishwapriya Function Hall (Beach Road).

  • sreelu
    March 13th, 2008 08:59
    8

    Sailu, chala bagunayi Prapancha anta chocolate shop plus dresses untayi ade na, I wish to be in vsp now.

    Yes, Sreelu, next to Candy Court.

  • Nags
    March 13th, 2008 22:38
    9

    wow! you have so many?! very very pretty!! :)

  • sonali
    March 14th, 2008 22:31
    10

    hi. i am an avid follower of ur food blog.i loved the pics of the kalamkari dupps .

  • nandita
    March 18th, 2008 05:48
    11

    Oh Sailu…I used to be a kalamkari freak until sometime ago, then i realised I’ve been picking up so many of these and I stopped - but looking at your lovely collection, I want to get back to the plain kurta and mix and match with the kalamkari salwars and dupattas…in fact during my visit to HYD some months ago was when I realised the Andhra roots of Kalamkari…Fabindia has some lovely very soft cotton kalamkari sarees, but they price them unreasonably high!

  • nandita
    March 18th, 2008 05:51
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    I love the mulmul one with the tie-dye look and the unusual last one kalamkari-pochampalli combo….looks like i must come to vizag someday just to peek into your awesome collection :D

  • bujji
    March 18th, 2008 08:30
    13

    hey sailu garu
    i too am a great fan of kalamkari n handlooms….really love the last duppatta….pochampalli type one…very unique!
    must say….classy collection!

  • rachel
    March 24th, 2008 22:41
    14

    Am a kalamkari fan too….the sad thing there are a lot of fake ones…that are mass-produced..

    I haven’t seen ikat and kalamkari on one….where’s that from?

    I buy them from a particular weaver who comes to Vizag once or twice a year. He told me that the dupatta had been sent to pochampalli for the ikat work and then brought back to the regular Kalamakari worker who worked on it.

  • prabha
    April 16th, 2008 14:58
    15

    hi sailugaru,

    mee duppattas chusthonte mee selection entha baguntundo thelusthondi they r great. even if the colors are general they look awesome. this time i will try this when i come to india.

  • Dee
    May 20th, 2008 13:43
    16

    Sailugaru, I buy them either at rex exports in hyd who is a whoelsaler for kalamkari and mangalagiri, you can customize the order or kalanjali or urvi.. I cant think of wearing synthetic clothing at all.. but Im forced to do that here… there is a lady in hyd who prints only a minimum of kalamkari on venkatagiri sarees basically done by the women in her NGO.. they are simply superb

  • Usha
    June 9th, 2008 20:46
    17

    Hi Dee,
    I love Indian cottons and Kalamkari prints. I searched many shops in Kalahasti to buy cotton chudidar sets, but I could not find them. Can you please let me know where is rex exports in HYD? Can you give me their address.

  • Alexis
    July 9th, 2008 13:54
    18

    Where can we find these kind of Kalamkari ?

    Someone here can give me an adress ?

    Thanks for the help !

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