Abstract
Bagh, which lends its name to the Bagh prints, is a small tribal village/ town in the Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh. Legend has it that the village of Bagh, the Bagh River, and the nearby Bagh caves (3rd & 5th century AD, with rich carvings and paintings dedicated to both Hindu as well as Buddhist deities) got their name from the baghs or tigers that inhabited the region. The village, located on the Dhar-Kukshi road, has a population of about 12,000. The Bagh River flows at a distance of about a kilometer from the Dhar-Kukshi road. From a near forgotten tribal art in a small village in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, today Bagh prints have left an imprint in the textile and art world.
Highlights
Used only on lehengas and ghagras, today the prints adorn saris, dress materials and bed covers
Umar Farukh speaks about the unique block print, its history, the processes involved and its soaring popularity
Ismail Suleiman moved to Bagh village in the 1950s and began practising and giving new dimensions to the block printing
Summary
Used only on lehengas and ghagras, today the prints adorn saris, dress materials and bed covers. Ismail Suleiman moved to Bagh village in the 1950s and began practising and giving new dimensions to the block printing. In the 1960s, due to the lure of synthetics, many artisans left the craft but stuck to vocation and began to redefine its concept, process and look. He got 200 and 300-year-old blocks based on traditional motifs inspired by the 1,500-year-old paintings found in caves in the region. These motifs include chameli or jasmine, maithir or mushroom, leheriya and jurvaria or small dots on the field
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