Jain Embroidery

Jain Embroidery It is home to Rajasthan's largest trading community, and the Jain temples of Dilwara and Rankpur are well-known. The origins of jain embroidery can be traced back to the sixteenth century.

Satin is the base material, which can be blue, red, or violet in colour. Rich-looking soft velvet is often used as well. The stem, satin, and chain stitches are basic stitches that are worked with blue silk floss, Green, yellow, and white colours are used, as well as a small amount of silver thread to add lustre.

The basic concept of Jain Philosophy has been depicted on these pages, along with floral motifs, the most prominent of which is Mandala, which depicts Jain beliefs and depicts different parts of heaven where various gods and goddesses dwell, Adivipa are cosmological representations that portray the cosmos, as the mangla or astha mangalika suggests at suspicious ventures involving eight jain Tirhankers. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, court embroideries had a significant impact, as shown by some of the articles where human figures have been dressed in court attire.