Rogan Printing Rogan printing is a 300 year old art of printing patterns on cloth using rogan paste. Situated in the old city of Ahmedabad, Kadva Sheri was a Muslim community of Rogan printers. This community has been practicing this craft since the past 300 years and so their surnames are ‘Rangrez’. They were originally from Rajasthan and seeing the business opportunity in Ahmedabad, they shifted to Ahmedabad about 100 years ago. Before this community shifted to Kadva Sheri, it was a community of Kadva Patels, hence the name. This craft was practiced on the porches of the houses in the Sheri. Both men and women were involved in the process. Some of the printers, also had workshops elsewhere. Since the process was mechanised, the value of hand-printed cloth decreased. This caused the community to move to other professions, mainly screen printing, 30 years ago.
Kadva Sheri
Summer Internship’19
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