Raju Cottage Industries

We are one of the leading manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer of an exclusive range of Bengal handloom saree and lungi, for both men and women, offered in a variety of designs and patterns. The Jamdani weaving tradition is of Bengali origin. It is one of the most time and labor intensive forms of weaving hand loom weaving. In the first half of the nineteenth century, James Taylor described the

figured or flowered jamdani; in the late nineteenth century, T. Mukharji referred to this fabric as jamdani muslin. Whether figured or flowered, jamdani is a woven fabric in cotton, and it is undoubtedly one of the varieties of the finest muslin. The fineness of muslin cloth used to depend usually on the art of making yarns. The most appropriate time for making yarns was early morning as the air then carried the highest moisture. For making yarns weavers needed 'taku' , a bamboo basket, a shell and a stone cup. Before making Jamdani designs they used to dye their yarn and starch it. These days weavers buy fine yarn from the market and use chemical dyes. For making jamdani two weavers sit side by side at a loom. Coarse yarns are used for designs to make the motifs used to be made on gray fabric. Later on fabrics of other colours were also used.