Green Damru (Men's Short Kurta) handloom Rakhis As the largest weaving cluster

As the largest weaving cluster in the state

The designs now known as Bomkai developed in late 80’s around Sonepur (Western Odisha) on finer cotton & silk with numerous buta/buti design- which is nowadays the main focus point of Odisha handloom sarees

The weaving is done on traditional pit looms using the throw or fly shuttle technique

birds or other such pretty woven  motifs

It is woven by keeping warp stretched and extended while weft threads are interwoven within it

Green Damru (Men's Short Kurta) handloom Rakhis As the largest weaving clusterNuapatnas weaving origin traces back to 12th Century AD and it is closely associated with Lord Jagannath Temple rituals at Puri, Odisha. This is the weave of single largest cluster of Odisha at Nuapatna with 10,000 weavers present with approx 6000 looms. This is black dobby single ikat work. 'Dobby Pasapali' means the 'dobby' or little golden buti lines are running all over the fabric and also pasapali patterns are woven in it. Nuapatna specialises in