Weaving Technique of a Traditional Door Screen of India: 'dhalapathar Parda' a Traditional Door Screen of India Woven by 'rangani Community' in the State Odisha

'Dhalapathar Parda' is one of the unique hand loom woven traditional door screen of India. The door screens are woven by a particular community known as 'Rangani' at a village called 'Dhalapathar' which situates about sixty kilometers from the state capital of Odisha state. The technique of weaving of the door screen is unique and not seen in any other places of India. The technique enables the weaver to create very large unit design on the center of the door screen without the use of jacquard or Jala which at least would require 600 hooks jacquard machine to weave. The designing craftsmanship of the weavers without using any graph which is reflected in the door screens is incomparable.