Artisan of the Month: Babubhai Ladhubhai Padhiyar

Babubhai was born in Vankar Family in a small village named Kandherai; also known as weavers’ village. He started his career journey as a weaving worker. He learned and innovated many weaving techniques. Then he started working on his own. He faced many challenges and difficulties initially, but with his hard work and family support, he became a Master Artisan. Now he works with many famous designers too. He has mastery in making carpets, Rugs, Shawls etc. with wools like Merino. He also self-learned the Synthetic dyeing process.