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Embroidery & Needlecraft · Bihar — Bhusra, Muzaffarpur
Sujini Embroidery of Bihar
A running-stitch quilting and narrative-embroidery tradition from rural Bihar, historically used to make quilts from old saris, now used to depict social and everyday themes on textile panels.
GI status: GI-registered, 2007
Shelf life: Indefinite
Women-led sector
| Category | Embroidery & Needlecraft |
|---|---|
| Region | Bihar — Bhusra, Muzaffarpur |
| GI status | GI-registered, 2007 |
| Typical shelf life | Indefinite |
| Women's role in production | Revived in the 1980s specifically as a livelihood craft for landless and marginalised rural women of Bhusra village, Sujini remains one of India's most explicitly women-empowerment-linked GI crafts. |
Why this fits a low-wastage SHG model: A finished, non-perishable textile craft with an origin story built directly around rural women's economic independence — closely aligned with Hareli's own mission.
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