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Haryana being an agricultural state, women also work with men in the fields; hence crafts
have not evolved into art forms and remain rooted to their original usage. Nevertheless, the
arts and crafts never cease to fascinate the true art connoisseurs.

Art and craft of Haryana mainly covers the range of pottery, embroidery and weaving.
Colourful Phulkari dupatta of Haryana is famous in India and abroad. Art and craft of
Haryana also include sculpture and murals both of Persian and Mughal style. Woven
furniture, artistic sheet metal work, wooden bead making, zari & tilla jutti (leather footwear),
lace work, bone carving, wood carving are some of the artistic craft that Haryana is known
for.

Panipat in Haryana is famous for its handloom tradition, especially rugs and upholstery fabric
that is the reason why it is known as a major textile town in India.

Haryana is famous for two types of woven furniture Mudhas (round stools) and chairs made
of sarkanda (a reed) from Farookh Nagar and pidhis from Soniepat which are essentially
wooden stools with seat woven in cotton threads or sutli.

One of the interesting items made at Jhijjar is pitcher made from clay. Interestingly, the clay
gives a sweet taste to the water stored in the pitcher.

Craft cluster division of Haryana

Sr. No. Meta cluster Craft cluster Craft

Firozpur Jhirka
Terracotta, Metal jewellery
1 Gurgaon Pataudi
Mudah making
Farookh Nagar
Kaisthwada Brass Metal
2 Rewari Rampura zari jutti
Qutabpur zari jutti
 Bahadur garh Sandalwood carving,
3 Jhajjar
Jhajjar Terracotta
Badkhal Terracotta,
4 Faridabad Palwal Basketry,
Hodal Bone carving
5 Sonepat Farmana Zari jutti, peedha making
6 Panipat Panipat Punja durries
7 Karnal - Zari jutti
Barara,
Crochet, embroidery, Punja
8 Ambala Akbarpur
durries
Barara, Racheri
Dinod Wooden beads
Biran Wooden beads
9 Bhiwani
Halawas Mudha making
Nandha Mudha making
10 Chandigarh - Embroidery, pot painting
11 Kurukshetra - Terracotta, peeda making
Shanti Nagar Zari jutti
12 Hissar
Bigher Punja durries
13 Sirsa - Jewellery, Pot painting
Narnaul Lac bangles,
14 Mahendragarh
Talot Wood craft
15 Yamuna Nagar Jagadhari Hand embroidery
16 Rohtak - Leather & wood work
17 Jind - Sanghi craft
18 Kaithal - Sanghi craft
19 Panchkula - Embroidery, wood work