Jaipur has been a tourist’s favorite for crafts shopping for textiles, rugs pottery, jewellery, shoes, miniature paintings, readymade clothing and household effects. The Textile of Rajasthan has a fascinating range of dyed and block printing fabrics. In fact it is world famous for its colour-scheme, design and technique used in block printing.

Bagru, is located 25 kms southeast of Jaipur and Sanganer, 16Kms from Jaipur.

Bagru is famous for its block printing on textiles using tie and dye or Bandhej technique. The colors traditionally are vibrant; yellow, black, red and green being the predominant ones. This technique is used on lighter shades of browns, turquoise, blue and pink giving a stunning effect. The technique though simple is quite time consuming and tedious. 

What makes Bagru unique is that it is one of the last generations of printers predominantly using traditional vegetable dyes. For example, the blues are often derived from indigo and the greens from a mixture of indigo and pomegranate rinds and yellows from the root of turmeric. 

Sanganer is known for exquisite Jain temples but its international fame comes from the crafts and hand-printed textiles made by its residents. 

The town is most famous for its hand paper and screen-printed fabric. The fabric is popular for small floral designs. A wide variety of material for apparels, furnishing and curtaining is available. Some of the traditional designs were produced in the patronage of the royal family. It is a beautiful sight to see the brightly coloured fabrics drying out in the sun near the river. 

South Indian Cuisine is a term used to refer to the cuisines found in the four southern states of India, namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. As opposed to North Indian cuisine, there is limited use of garam masala and other dried spices except cardomom, black pepper and turmeric.

Andhra, Chettinad, Hyderabadi, Mangalorean, and Kerala cuisines each have distinct tastes and methods of cooking. The food is largely non-greasy, roasted and steamed. Rice is the staple diet and forms the basis of every meal. It is usually served with sambhar, rasam (a thin soup), dry and curried vegetables and a curd preparation called pachadi. Coconut is an important ingredient in all South Indian food.

The South Indian staple breakfast item of Idly, Sambar and Veda served on a banana leaf. South Indian cuisine is distinguished by a greater emphasis on rice as the staple grain, the liberal use of coconut and particularly coconut oil and curry leaves, and the ubiquity of sambar and rasam (also called saaru'/'chaaru) at meals.

Restaurants serving South Indian Cuisine can be found in every nook and corner of India. The cuisine is part of most coffee shops at the star hotel. So on your visit to India do check out the cuisine. Please contact your escort or contact our local office and they will be happy to make a booking for you at one of the quality restaurants serving South Indian cuisine.