JMD Phulkari Centre

Phulkari, a traditional embroidery art is well known for its colorful designs and colors. The dresses made by phulkari are called ‘Phulkaris’ and are worn by punjabi women on special occasions and ceremonies. The word ‘Phulkari’ is made of two words “Phul” and “kari”, where “Phul” means flower and “kari” means technique, thus forming technique of making flowers.

The art is quite old and in olden days majority of women were expert in this art in villages and was purely a domestic art. Punjabi women were very creative in designs with adding various colors. Although in morden days now not many women or girls take interest in learning this art, but still admire to have ‘Phulkaris’ for special events.