Lemon Yellow Blue Tribal Doll Bomkai Silk Saree 1000-5000 Traditional handwoven ikat or baandha:

Traditional handwoven ikat or baandha: One of warp/weft tied and dyed pre-weaving (single ikat)

For weaving traditional pit loom with throw/fly shuttle technique is used

This is the showpiece of a Goddess

Renowned for their expertise in sericulture

Lemon Yellow Blue Tribal Doll Bomkai Silk Saree 1000-5000 Traditional handwoven ikat or baandha:Bomkai Facts from GI (Geographical Indications) Document Bomkai saree originated from a small village called Bomkai in Ganjam district, South Odisha (woven mainly on coarse cotton). The designs now known as Bomkai developed in late 80s around Sonepur (Western Odisha) on finer cotton & silk with numerous buta buti design which is nowadays the main focus point of Odisha handloom sarees. It is woven by keeping warp stretched and extended while weft