Badshah Miyan
Shah Nawaz Alam
Shehan Shah Alam
Home Address:
Alam House A-119, Sanjay Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur - 302 016
Award: National Award - 2004, Shilp Guru Award - 2014, Shilp Guru Award Certificate of Merit - 1987, National Merit Award - 1987, Gold Medal - 2014, International Craft Award - 2019, State Award - 2006-07
Note: Rajasthan is well known for its beautiful Leheriya work.
'Leheriya' is found almost exclusively in Jaipur and is one of
the most geometric and graphically vibrant forms of tie and dye
fabric. Leheriya is one of the many variants of Bandhej, and is
characterized by the colourful diagonal stripes and waves that
resemble a 'leher', as the wave is called in Hindi.
In Jaipur, daughters would be gifted leheriya saris as part of
their dowry to symbolize the wedding vows as eternal and
everlasting. Similar patterns would adorn the groom's turban. The
sacred thread which is popularly used in various hindu rituals is also
influenced by leheriya work, with bright yellow lines across a red
base. Dyeing is accomplished by the tie-resist method in Leheriya
where the patterns are made up of innumerable waves. The material
is rolled diagonally and certain portions resisted by lightly binding
threads at a short distance from one another before the cloth is
dyed. If the distance is shorter, then greater skill is required in
preventing one colour from spilling into the other. The process of
dyeing is repeated until the requisite number of colours is obtained.
For a checkered pattern the fabric is opened and diagonally
rolled again from the opposite corners, the rest of the process
remaining the same.
Several other items like turbans, Odhnis and saris with
leheriya are liked and worn all around the year but carry a special
meaning on and around the time of 'Teej' and 'Gangaur' festival and
during the monsoon season.