Photograph — Traditional Indian hand embroidery (representative photograph). Source image unavailable; caption preserved.
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Embroidery & Needlecraft · Gujarat — Kutch
Kutch Embroidery
A family of vividly mirrored and stitched embroidery traditions from the Kutch region, each associated with a different community and instantly recognisable for its dense, colourful needlework.
GI status: GI-registered, 2013
Shelf life: Indefinite
Women-led sector
| Category | Embroidery & Needlecraft |
|---|---|
| Region | Gujarat — Kutch |
| GI status | GI-registered, 2013 |
| Typical shelf life | Indefinite |
| Women's role in production | One of India's most thoroughly documented women-led craft economies: Kutch's many embroidery styles (Ahir, Rabari, Soof, Mutava and others) are practised almost entirely by women of the region's pastoralist and farming communities, widely organised into women's craft cooperatives. |
Why this fits a low-wastage SHG model: A finished textile/accessory product with indefinite shelf life and one of the best-documented women-led craft clusters in India.
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