19-12-2019: Kutch Embroidery A commemorative postage stamp

Kutch Embroidery is a handicraft and textile signature art tradition of the tribal community of Kutch District in Gujarat. Its history is traced to the 16th and 17th centuries when people migrated from countries such as Afghanistan, Greece, Germany, Iran and Iraq to Gujarat. It is also said the cobblers known as Mochis were trained in this art form by the Sufi sints to Sindh. The embroidery is generally done on fabrics of cotton in the form of a net using cotton or silk threads.