Brief about Kantha Quilts
Fabrics transfer so many emotions and memories. Traditions of Kantha Quilts are one of the examples to support this statement. This art is carrying so much passion from last 500 years. It is believed that old clothes have protective power and keeping in mind this feature Kantha Quilts were originated. History of Kantha Quilts Birthplace place of Kantha has many question marks. The oldest form of embroidery can be traced from eastern South Asia to Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha. But it is referred as craft of Bengali (Bengal). Kantha have been practiced in Bengali region since ancient times. In early 19 th century this art got disappeared and later it was revived by daughter in law of Rabindranath Tagore in 1940s. Krishnadas Kaviraj in his book titled as ‘Sri Sri Chaitanaya Charitamrita’ mentioned the word ‘Kantha’. He wrote that mother of Chaitanaya send homemade Kantha to him in Puri with traveling pilgrims. That Kantha is still in display at ‘Gambhira in Pu...