Launched to sustain art traditions, Somaiya Kala Vidya teaches the artisans how to give traditional craft techniques like patchwork and ... in Kutch like Ahir and Rabari women, whose blouses ...

The Gadulia Lohar (their name comes from the Hindi words for "cart," gaadi, and "blacksmith," lohar) are among the best known; others are herders, such as the Rabari, famous throughout western ...