Kashmiri Namda: The craft of creating luxuriest felted woolen rugs

The art of making Kashmiri Namda also known as felted wool floor coverings or rugs, reached Kashmir in the 11th Century during Mughal Era from Iran and Turkey. Namda is made from Sheep’s wool and is typically designed with hand-crafted Aari embroidery. The process involves felting layers of wool where each fold of wool is seamlessly layered without stitching, sprinkled with water and pressed with a tool called Pinjra (woven willow wicker). The water is wringed through compression technique and the namda is left to dry. The craftsmanship of designing each piece with colorful aari needle work is intensive and requires immense patience and skill.
Namda is integral to Kashmiri households to beat the chilly winter and uphold the culture and heritage with grace.

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Amazing 😍😍 Such works should be appreciated!! 🙌

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Wow thatz amazing ❤❤

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Recently Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship launched two projects: Revival of Namda craft of Kashmir as a special pilot project under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0 Upskilling of artisans and weavers of Kashmir under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), component of PMKVY. Namda Art/Craft: Namda craft of Kashmir is a rug made of sheep wool through felting technique instead of the normal weaving process. Namda comes from the root word Namata (Sanskrit for woollen stuff). It is a local term used for felted wool floor coverings made out of coarse variety of wool. It is practiced as a craft in several cultures especially the countries throughout Asia such as Iran, Afghanistan and several places in Ladakh, Kutch and Kashmir and Rajasthan in India. The craft is primarily practiced by the Pinjara and Mansuri communities, Sama Muslims native to Kachchh

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MashaAllah

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Salute to ur hardwork 💚💚💚proud of Kashmir

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Hello, is there any way to connect to these craftsman? Would love to talk to them about possibly collaborating. I run a business in Belgium and want to revive felted rugs.

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Waah Kya hunar Kya karigari One day hope to visit and buy Which village is this ?? Which would be correct fair price ?? As.the base is white how to clean it ?? Will get dirty easily

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amazing work

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Nice

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🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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What is the price of one's.

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Please provide me history of this craft

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Recently,World Craft City Programme under World Craft Council (affiliated with UNESCO) have chosen Srinagar on behalf of Namda craft ( felted ,not woven )