Leheriya or the ripple effect refers to the wavy pattern of a fabric processed in the tie dye technique
During the 19th and 20th Centuries, Leheriya turbans were a crucial professional part of male business attire in Rajasthan. The famous leheriya is a zigzag pattern of irregular color stripes that is actually a visual invocation of the flow of water at the same time painstakingly showing the depths of indigo after multiple mud-resistant and dyeing processes.
The Leheriya fabric is swirled around a wooden pole, usually, no matter if it is wet or in a semi-dry state. The thread that wraps up the fabric performs as a resist and helps in yielding a pattern of diagonal stripes after dyeing.
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