Bagru is a small town on the Ajmer road, west of Jaipur, where the Chhipa community has printed cotton with natural dyes for several hundred years. The Bagru style differs from Sanganer: it uses a mud-resist (dabu) technique and earth colours — black from iron, red from alum and madder, indigo from the vat — on an unbleached cream ground.
The printing is done in the old quarter, in family workshops with the printing tables under tin roofs and the washed cloth laid out to dry on the ground beside the river. Several families have kept the craft through generations and now sell to designers and exporters as well as from their own doors.
A visitor comes for the workshops and buys direct. Bagru is a day trip from Jaipur, often combined with Sanganer; the drive is under an hour.
What is here
| Name | Where | What it is known for |
|---|---|---|
| Chhipa Mohalla | Bagru old town | The printers’ quarter; workshops open on working days. |
| Bagru printing families | Bagru | Family units printing with dabu and natural dyes; sell direct. |
| Drying grounds | By the river | Where the printed cloth is laid out; the characteristic sight of the town. |
| Bagru market | Bagru | The town’s bazaar; printed cloth, quilts, bedcovers. |
| Ajmer Road | Through the town | The highway from Jaipur to Ajmer passes Bagru. |
Worth knowing
- Go in the morning on a working day to see printing in progress.
- Natural-dye cloth is sold by the metre and as finished bedcovers; prices are far below the city emporia.
- Combine with Sanganer and Chokhi Dhani for a crafts day south and west of the city.
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Bagru Textiles
Natural-dyed, hand block-printed textiles · Bagru
Chhipa Textile
Bagru and dabu hand block-printed textiles · Bagru
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