National Silver Lining: Cuttack Set For Dazzling Durga Puja After Two-Year Lull The city, Cuttack, whose name literally means a fort, developed more than 1,000 years ago around Barabati fort.

Rupa Tarakasi is one of the most exquisite silver crafts. In this work of craft, silver bricks are transformed into thin fine wires (tara) or foils, from which silver filigree is made with all designs ...

March is when the Rupa Tarakasi craftsmen of Cuttack begin work for Durga Puja, but the artisans of this 500-year-old art form are struggling to stay afloat Updated - March 28, 2025 11:22 am IST ...

BHUBANESWAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a handcrafted silver filigree purse from Cuttack to First Lady of Ghana Lordina Mahama during his visit to the country. Meticulously handcrafted by ...

Steps will be taken for silver filigree as well, he said. Popularly known as ‘tarakasi,’ this ancient art of jewellery making in Cuttack occupies a place of pride in the annals of Odisha.

CUTTACK: In the Millennium City of Cuttack, rising prices of gold and silver are immaterial when it comes to decorating Goddess Durga. This Durga Puja, Choudhury Bazaar - one of the oldest puja ...

BHUBANESWAR: There’s finally a ray of hope for the dying silver filigree or ‘Rupa Tarakasi’ of Cuttack. The famed handicraft of thin silver wires has finally received the geographical ...

The unique silver filigree work of Cuttack, Chandi Tarakasi, has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Utkalika-Odisha State Cooperative Handicrafts Corporation Limited had filed for the ...

The famous Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi (Silver Filigree) has been given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai. The application for this was filed by ...

“It is Cuttack’s tradition of designing Chandi Medha for the Mother Goddess during Dussehra that has kept this craft of Tarakasi (silver filigree) alive and is providing craftsmen like us ...

Bhubaneswar: Silver filigree, popularly known as Chandi Tarakasi of Odisha’s Cuttack citym has been accorded Geographical Indications (GI) tag.