This awe inspiring temple was built at Modhera in 1026AD. We visited it today en route to some equally inspiring weavers in the town of Patan.
Patolas are double ikat cloths - I will tell more about them when I have some pictures to show you, but suffice to say that one exhibition piece the Salvi family worked on took three and a half years to weave. Also in the town we met mushru or mushroo weavers. This a is a double cloth with an often intricate jacquard silk design backed with a cotton weave. Originally constructed for Muslims, who do not wear animal fibres next to their skin. This family have woven both this fabric and pure cotton ones solely for one outlet for the past thirty five years...
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