Odisha Craft Odyssey’s second bilingual publication: Chandua: Canopies of Labour

Beyond the decorative canopy lies a dense history of labour, community, memory, and identity.

Chandua: Canopies of Labour, the second bilingual publication of Odisha Craft Odyssey, brings together months of research, fieldwork, archival material, visual documentation, and stories from the communities that have shaped Odisha’s appliqué traditions.

A publication that began with questions in the field now takes form in these pages—bringing together voices, images, and research from across Odisha’s appliqué landscape.

Chandua: Canopies of Labour
Edited by: Premjis Achari and Sibdas Sengupta