With India’s ever-increasing demand for handicrafts and arts, you will find various artisans creating unique handicrafts using traditional methods of painting and sketching. Known as Ayurveda products or home wares, these hand-made souvenirs are truly delightful souvenirs for your dear ones. Made using traditional methods using natural raw materials like minerals, seeds, leaves and wood from trees, the handicrafts are truly a treasure for your loved ones and friends.
In the eastern part of India, where there is an abundance of natural resources like sand and clay, you will find numerous crafters creating wonderful handicrafts and earthenware with these sources. Known as Dokra or Pattachitra, these souvenirs are the perfect gift items for your loved ones. With the use of earthen clay, pattaya, seed beads and wooden beads, these handicrafts are beautifully carved and painted using a traditional method and then carefully attached with embellishments and decorative items like pearls, beaded thread, metal rings, bamboo stalks, wooden carvings and floral designs. Another area of eastern India where you will come across some of the best and most admired handicrafts is that of Kerala in Southern India. Here you can find hand woven sarees, pattaya pots and a variety of other such handicrafts.
The handicrafts from the Western regions of India like Rajasthan and Gujarat are also quite popular and are gaining much popularity among tourists who visit India. In Gujarat and Rajasthan you will come across exquisite handicrafts like embroidered carpets, gilded silver and gold jeweled utensils, decorated foot and waistcoats, decorated bangles and anklets, etc. These colorful souvenirs are ideal gifts for your loved ones. Some of the famous brands that sell some of the finest and well received handicrafts and art handicrafts in India are Handloom India, Artamasala, Sailana Artisan, Ghee, Silkworm Court, Shoppers Artisan, etc. So go ahead and buy yourself a beautiful souvenir to gift your loved ones on their birthdays or during festivals.