Moti Bharat

Moti Bharat style is home to many different kinds of embroidery like pichvai and jain. Pichvai style is a pictorial representation of the different stages or incidents of Lord Krishna. The altar clothes are usually made of cotton, satin and velvet. Cotton is for summer season and Velvet/Satin is for winter season. Cotton and silk threads of dark colors are used as the background, while the face of Lord Krishna is stitched using blue or black colors/shades while the white color forms the border.

Jainism ideology is also reflected in Moti Bharat embroidery work. Jaipur, Churu and Pali are famous for this particular Moti Bharat embroidery style. Red, blue, violet or indigo satin fabrics form the base on which white and yellow silk threads are used. Even sometimes gold and silver colored metallic threads can also be used. The embroidery works pictorially represents the Lord Mahavira and the Jain philosophy of Mandala.

It is imminent to support the people who are in indulged in these Moti Bharat embroidery work like other embroiderers. Growing technology has made both detrimental and beneficial inroads in to the lives of these people. But the detrimental portion weighs heavy than the beneficial ones. To maintain the quality and sustainability of this embroidery work, it has to reach out many masses that show interest in purchasing these kinds of works. Monetary incentives can also be provided to promote this. No doubt that both the government and the people have a key role to play in keeping this traditional art work and the artists alive and keep going on in the future years to come without letting it die.