Green Brown Big Checks Pasapali (Double Bedsheet) pants The big pasapalli (checkerboard) blocks

The big pasapalli (checkerboard) blocks with ikat work running in between is its hall mark

Method of production of this fabric: The tie and dye or ‘bandha’ of labanga (cloves) motifs is done beforehand for hundreds of metres by two to three weavers together

palazzos etc

Note: Motifs on body will be more or less same across body but there may be slight differences of position or types based on latest stock from weaver

but you are proudly wearing the handwoven heritage of Odisha

Green Brown Big Checks Pasapali (Double Bedsheet) pants The big pasapalli (checkerboard) blocksSambalpuri Bandha Saree & Fabrics from GI (Geographical Indications) document Tie & Dye weaving in western Odisha came into existence during 600 BC. Traditional handwoven ikat or baandha: One of warp weft tied and dyed pre weaving (single ikat); both warp and weft tie dyed before weaving (double ikat). Weavers are distributed in Bargarh, Boudh, Sonepur, Bolangir, Nuapada & Sambalpur & some parts of Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda