Over 600 years ago, migrant weavers from Gujarat, arrived in the kingdom of the Nayaks. They bought with them their looms and their rich tie-dye heritage. But once the pattu-nool-karars settled into Madurai they decided to add a local twist to their craft.They chose a climate friendly cotton fabric and inspired by how the women here tied their hair in a bun, they took tiny pinches of the fabric and…
