The sound of a Bhagalpuri pit loom is unlike any other sound in India. It is rhythmic but not mechanical — a soft tak-tak of the shuttle, the…
Heritage · Bhagalpur · 14 min read Bhagalpur — The Silk City of India: 200 Years of Heritage on the Banks of the Ganga Most people in India…
In 2008, a small cream-and-crimson certificate changed the fate of an entire city’s craft. Bhagalpur’s silk weavers — who had been spinning extraordinary cloth for over two centuries…