Krishna, Geetanjali
Kabir Das – source- https://thevidetimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/kabir-painting-1.jpg
He and his family earned their livelihood by weaving cloth. Weaving -- both of textile and carpets -- has been the economic mainstay of communities in Varanasi and neighbouring districts Mirzapur and Bhadohi since then. This cottage industry has provided a livelihood not only to thousands of weavers, but also to people with ancillary skills -- dyers, spinners, carpet washers and perhaps the least acknowledged but amongst the most talented of them all -- the Naqsha painters.A naqsha being painted. Pic Credit : Obeetee pvt ltd
Naqshas are an essential aspect of the carpet making process. They are maps, drawn to scale on graph paper and hung behind the loom and . Every square on the graph paper represents one knot and weavers fo...