పోచంపల్లి చేనేత (Pochampally Chenetha)
Pochampally Ikat is a double-ikat weaving tradition from Pochampally (Bhoodan Pochampally) village in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana. Like Odisha Bandha (CRAFT-0064), it involves resist-dyeing both warp and weft threads before weaving so the pattern emerges only when the two pre-dyed thread sets align on the loom — one of only three double-ikat traditions in the world (alongside Patan Patola, Gujarat, and Tsumugi, Japan). The Pochampally tradition is distinguished by its use of silk for premium saris and cotton for everyday fabric, and by a geometric pattern vocabulary derived from temple architecture: the kite diamond (navratna), the temple tower (rekha), and the chequered field (pasapali-related patterns). Pochampally was the site of India's first Gramdan (land-gift) in 1948 under Vinoba Bhave — a historically significant village whose weaving tradition is inseparable from that political-social history. UNESCO inscribed Pochampally Ikat on the Representative List in 2022.
Risk level: Endangered · Inscribed on Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2022
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