Showing 26 GI certified products
Kondapalli Toys
400-year-old sacred craft — women carvers and painters keep Kondapalli alive
Muga Silk
World's only naturally golden silk — every Assamese woman weaves her own Mekhela Sador
Bhagalpur Silk (Tussar)
Women SHGs of the "Silk City" now export directly to European fashion houses
Madhubani Painting
Ancient ritual art transformed into livelihood by Mithila women
Sujini Embroidery
Born from grief after the 1974 floods — now a global women's art movement
Kutch Embroidery
Women rebuilt after the 2001 earthquake — Kutch needlework became a Rs. 200-crore industry
Kullu Shawl
Himalayan women weave mountain geometry through winter on backstrap looms
Kani Shawl
Woven with 800 wooden sticks — Kashmir's most complex textile secret
Pashmina Shawl
World's finest fiber — Kashmir's women spin 12-micron threads thinner than human hair
Channapatna Toys
Tipu Sultan's "Toy Town" — women revive this 230-year craft for global children
Mysore Silk
Wadiyar dynasty's royal silk — 70% women workforce weaves pure silk with real gold
Chanderi Fabric
800 years of "woven air" — Chanderi women create India's most sheer fabric
Maheshwari Saree
Queen Ahilya Bai's legacy — a royal saree woven 100% by women at the Rehwa Society
Paithani Saree
Maharashtra's sacred wedding silk — each peacock motif takes 3 days to weave
Pattachitra
Jagannath's sacred painting — Raghurajpur women paint for God, 12 months a year
Sambalpuri Ikat
Women tie 100,000 knots before a single thread is woven — Odisha's bandha magic
Phulkari
Punjab's "flower work" — embroidered by every Punjabi bride for 1,000 years
Kota Doria
Women of Kaithun weave the world's lightest saree — folds into a matchbox
Sanganer Block Print
Women-led Rangsutra cooperative designs for IKEA and Fabindia from Jaipur
Kanchipuram Silk
India's second GI product — 6,000 silk threads interlocked by women in one sacred saree
Thanjavur Painting
Chola court art — women revivalists embedded real gold and precious stones in divine paintings
Pochampally Ikat
UNESCO World Craft City — 30,000 women weave optical-illusion double ikat
Banarasi Silk
UNESCO heritage silk — 1.2 million families sustained by women weavers of Varanasi
Lucknow Chikankari
250,000 women in Lucknow's slums live by the needle — 36 ancient stitches
Baluchari Saree
Mahabharata scenes woven in silk — 400 lost patterns revived by women of Bishnupur
Darjeeling Tea
India's first GI tag — women pluck the "Champagne of teas" by hand, every season
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