चंदेरी बुनाई (Chanderi Bunai)
Chanderi is one of India's most celebrated luxury handwoven textiles, produced in the small walled town of Chanderi in Ashoknagar district, Madhya Pradesh. Defined by its extraordinary sheerness — the finest Chanderi is described as 'woven air' — the fabric combines silk warp with cotton weft (or pure silk), producing a lightweight, transparent cloth with a characteristic coin-like sheen (sikka). The supplementary weft patterns, typically worked in silk or zari, feature small butis (motifs) — peacocks, flowers, geometric forms — placed at intervals across the ground. The town has been a weaving center since at least the 11th century; the Koshti weaver community has practiced the tradition continuously across Mughal, Maratha, and British-era patronage shifts. A GI Tag was granted in 2005.
Risk level: Endangered · Not inscribed; GI Tag 2005
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