The earliest traces of this embroidery style can be found in 18th-century Bihar amongst the women belonging to the lower castes. It possibly began as a ritualistic practice in tribute to Chitiriya ...

Women in Bihar’s Shershabadi community are the only artisans who create fine examples of Kheta embroidery, based on the motifs of river and the life around it. Showcased at National Crafts ...

Today, contemporary life is depicted through their embroidery, with a special place ... it in Bhusra village in the late 80s. Later, a Bihar-based organisation, Adithi, popularised it beyond ...