District’s Handicrafts

Toys of Wood

                 In Ramdeo Colony of Jalore district headquarter is located a small cottage industry of wood made toys.  Here there are made old & middle ages artistic imitations of wood. Dolls, face masks, birds,animals swings, bullock carts, chowki etc are made in wood. Jalore Panchayat samiti’s Akoli,Leta,Bagra,Deegoan,Chandna,Siyana,Chura and Sarat villages are indulged in this industry.Panchayat samiti Ahore’s Ghana & Ahore itself, Sanchore Panchayat Samiti’s Akoli, Panchayat Samiti Jaswantpura’s Ramseen, Mudtara-Sili and Punang Kala and Bhinmal’s Panchayat Samiti’s Juna Rauta and Borta, and in Raniwara Panchayat Samiti’s Bhatip, Kodka and Adarvada villages are employed in building toys from wood.

Woolen Handicraft –Khesla,Dari, Patte,Galicha(Carpets)

In the circle of5 km of Jalore, near about 100 families are employed in this type of hand work, it is their family business. They make woolen blankets known as Khesala & Pattu in local area.Leta’s Khesala is famous in whole Marwar region. Handloom Development Corporation  has established an small industry in this village Leta,here cotton Khes and woolen blankets are made.

One small industry is developed in Jalore district HQ also by Veeram Khadi Sangh.Siyana is known for woolen Dari.

Panchayat Samiti Sanchore’s Dedva,Ranodar,Jhotra,Dhamana,Lalpura are also indulged in making of Woolen Patte.

Dari –Kaalin(Carpet) are weaved at Sirana of Sayla block,Nasoli of Bhinmal Block,Borta & Nimbawas of Bhinmal Block.Clothes are weaved at Narta & Bareta Dhani.Pattu is made at Bagotara.Batip,deegaon and Sevada of Raniwara tehsil are indulged in cloth weaving.

Utensils of Soil & idols

                 Panchayat samiti Jalore’s Deegoan, Chandana, Siyana and Chura villages, Panchayat samiti Ahore’s Dayalpura, Paota,Ahore and Harji villages, Panchayat Samiti Jaswantpura’s Mudtara Silli and Bhutwas villages, in Sayala Panchayat samiti Avloj village,Bhinmal Panchayat samiti’s Juna Rauta,Naya Rauta,Borta,Bagora,Khera, Juni Morseem, Fagotara and in Kaleti villages, Panchayat samiti Raniwara’s Dhanwara,Ropsi,Samrani, Kot Ki Dhani and in Singawas villages utensils made of soil and idols,toys,Gangaur,horses,horse-rider ,horses of Mamaji and many more artistic items are being made.Cheelam & Hukkas are made  in Mandoli .

Shoe Making

Shoes made in Jalore, Bhinmal and Badgoan are famous all over Marwar.  

Apart from these Chandna, Nimbla,Mudatrasilli, Mandwala, Balwara,Borta ki Dhani, Navapura,Mindavas, Bagoda, Bali, Bargaon,Roopavati kala,Ropasi, Aaldi, Bhatip, Kotka, Samrani and Jalora khurd villages are the centers of leather works like colouring and designing shoes.

Artifacts of Granites

                 Because of the availability of Granite tiles in huge quantity in Jalore younger generation have made it their profession.

                 To make any kind of painting on hard granite tiles is the profession of Prakash Soni he has his own shop on panchayat Samiti Road.

                 This different coloured polished stone of Jalore is worked upon by this youth Prakash . He had made painting depicting chariot leaded by Krishna,Ganpati,Hanuman,Bhairuji, Maharana Pratap, Mahaveer Swami and women in Manipuri & dress and watches on these tiles.  He gives there tiles thus a new & distinet shape.  From it can also be made name plate,pen stand,Chakla,Kharal,ashtray,Key chains of different types.

Paintings

                 District’s Siyana, Noon, Guda Balotan, Basda Dhanji, Punang Kala, Sayala, Bagoda, Nandiya, Nasoli, Narta,Dhumadbiya,Samrani,Jalore,Sanchore etc. villages and towns have painters making traditional paintings.