Art and Craft
Uttar Pradesh is famous for its rich heritage of art and craft. Most famous centres are the following:
- Agra since the Mughal era has been home to numerous Mughal crafts, including the Pietra Dura, still practised today.
- Aligarh is famous for its Lock around the world; Aligarh boasts for its Zari work, (a type of fabric decoration), 'Jhumka' – an intricate ear-rings or ear-pendants, Manja and Surma (Kohl (cosmetics)), despite all these craft work, painter S. A. Jafar represent Aligarh in the field of fine arts across the India and abroad.
- Firozabad, the city of bangles, is also a hub for crafting many glass accessories. The glass artefacts produced in its factories are of high value and are exported all over the country and around the world.
- Kannauj is well known for oriental perfumes, scents and rose water and also for traditional tobacco products.
- Khurja is famous for its ceramics pottery; in fact, the entire state is famous for its pottery not only in India but also around the world.
- Lucknow, the capital, boasts of its cloth work and embroidery (chikan) work on silk and cotton garments.
- Allahabad is known for its National Institute of Art & Craft College.
- Bhadohi is known for its carpets, a craft which dates back to the 16th century, during the reign of Mughal Emperor, Akbar and is believed to have established when centuries ago, some Iranian master weavers stopped at Madhosingh village, near Khamaria, in Bhadohi while travelling in India, and subsequently set up looms here. Bhadohi carpets received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2010, and also known as dollar-city; beside this, it is one of the highest revenue generating districts of UP.
- Moradabad is well known for its metal-ware, especially brass artefacts.
- Pilibhit is known for its wooden footwear (locally called Paduka or Khadaon) and also for flutes made of wooden pipes. Flutes are exported to Europe, America and other countries.
- Saharanpur is known all over India and abroad for its wood-carving items produced there.
- Varanasi Mubarakpur, Azamgarh is famous for its Banarasi saris and silk. A banarasi sari is an essential part of any marriage in the state.
- Gorakhpur is famous for its beautiful terracotta statues and handcraft cloths.
- Nizamabad is famous for black pottery.
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