Zardozi is a luxurious hand embroidery of gold and silver favored ... Some designers still use pure silver and semiprecious metal threads, preserving age-old techniques," says designer JJ Valaya ...

With Eid approaching, the artisans of the port city's Bihari Palli, who specialise in zardozi and karchupi work (intricate designs done by hand with beads and metal thread embroidery) are working ...