About Janta phulkari house in TRIPURI BAZAR PATIALA, Patiala

Phulkari embroidery technique from the [[Punjab region]] (divided between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]]) literally means ''flower work'', which was at one time used as the word for embroidery, but in time the word “Phulkari” became restricted to embroidered shawls and head scarfs. Simple and sparsely embroidered ''odini'' (head scarfs), dupatta and shawls, made for everyday use, are called ''Phulkaris'', whereas garments that cover the entire body, made for special and [[Ceremony|ceremonial]] occasions like weddings and birth of a son, fully covered fabric is called ''Baghs'' ("garden") and scattered work on the fabric is called "adha bagh" (half garden). this whole work is done with white or yellow silk floss on cotton khaddarh and starts from the center on the fabric called "chashm-e-bulbul" and spreads to the whole fabric

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