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MATA NI PACHEDI: SACRED TEXTILES COME TO THE RESCUE

Kiran Chitara shares his ancient textile craft that rescues culture and fortune from destruction.

MATA NI PACHEDI ART WAS GUJARATIS’ WAY TO FIGHT TEMPLE BAN. NOW BIG TASK IS TO KEEP IT ALIVE

Believed to be over 3,000 years old, this style of painting explores the different forms of goddesses. The training starts at 11 years and continues for decades.

MATA NI PACHEDI: TALES OF GODDESS TOLD ON FABRIC

An ancient traditional form of textile art dedicated to goddesses, Mata ni Pachedi is practiced by Vagharis nomads who live along the banks of the Sabarmati River in Gujarat

G20 BILATERALS: PM MODI GIFTS SUNAK GUJARATI HANDMADE TEXTILE MATA NI PACHEDI

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak met at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia today.
The leaders agreed on the enduring importance of the UK India relationship, and of the living bridge between our countries. The Prime Minister passed on his thanks to Prime Minister Modi for the overwhelming response of the Indian people to his appointment as Prime Minister.

AHMEDABAD’S MATA NI PACHHEDI GETS GI TAG

Ahmedabad: Mata ni Pachhedi, a cloth dedicated to the Mother goddess, a unique art form preserved by a handful of families from Ahmedabad, got the geographical indication (GI) tag on Wednesday. The officials of the Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (Gujcost) and members of the artisan families received the certificate from Piyush Goyal, Union minister of commerce and industry, at an event in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

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