Originated in Baluchar near Murshidabad in the eighteenth century and revived in terracotta-temple town Bishnupur by master weaver Subho Thakur and Akshay Kumar Das, Baluchari weaves narrative epic panels in untwisted resham silk wefts. 1
Punch-card jala and jacquard harnesses coordinate hundreds of warp threads to frame architectural niches around musicians, chariots, and courtly scenes. 1
