Indian handicrafts

thumb|Various Ganjifa cards from Dashavatara set Ganjifa, Ganjapa or Gânjaphâ, is a card game and type of playing cards that are most associated with Persia and India. After Ganjifa cards fell out of use in Iran before the twentieth century, India became the last country to produce them. The form prevalent in Odisha is Ganjapa.

thumb|right|Nakshi Kantha|Traditional kantha stitching in [[Bangladesh]] Kantha (Bengali: কাঁথা; Hindi: कान्था), also spelled kanta or qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in Bangladesh and eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha. thumb|Antique quilted kantha inscribed with the meditative chant Ram Krishna, courtesy the Wovensouls collection, Singapore In Odisha, old saris are stacked on each other and hand-stitched to make a thin piece of cushion. This is normally used above a bed cushion or instead of a cushion. Kantha saris are traditi

Type of silk saree made in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Silk sari from West Bengal

thumb|300px|Bandhani craft

permanent open air market

thumb|200px|Mother grinding ants for her family thumb|'Dokra' items for sale at the West Bengal State Handicrafts' Fair in New Town, Kolkata. Dhokra (also spelt Dokra) is non–ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used. One of the earliest known lost wax artifacts is the dancing girl of Mohenjo-daro. The product of dhokra artisans are in great demand in domestic and foreign markets because of primitive simplicity, enchanting folk motifs and forceful form. Dhokra horses, elephants, pea

Handicrafts of Kashmiri artsans

mat made of plaited reed or other plant material

Horse made from terracotta or clay in Panchmura Village, West Bengal, India. Originally used for ritual purposes, now used for decoration.

traditional craft from Jaipur, India

Form of folk art in Bengal

a traditional wood block printing an Indian handicraft originating in Bagh, Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India.

museum in New Delhi, India

type of saree from Tamil Nadu, India

Folk arts and crafts museum in Kolkata, India

Instrument

Shilparamam is an arts and crafts village located in Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

thumb|upright=1.3|Ganjapa cards thumb|"Atharangi Ganjapa" cards painted with traditional Pattachitra painting of Krishna in his [[Nabagunjara form]] Gånjåpā () are the traditional playing cards from the Indian state Odisha. It can also refer to the trick-taking card game that they are used for. It is played with circular shaped Pattachitra painted cards. Originated in the 16th century, Ganjaku is a recreational game for male members of the Odia society, primarily villagers, kings and their courtmen. Ganjapa is played as "Chārirångi" (cards of 4 colors), "Āṭhårångi" (cards of 8 colors), "Dåsårå

popular form of paintings done in Nirmal in Adilabad district, Telangana, India

embroidery of the Toda pastoral people of Nilgiris, in Tamil Nadu

a type of embroidered quilt

crafts of a region or culture

leather products from a region of India

Type of blankets and carpets

white cotton textile fabric

wood carving work

Leheriya craft on Rajasthani men's turban cloth. (Royal Ontario Museum, Canada)|thumb|300px

design of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

traditional crafts in India