Craft & Textile Trail
Towns and cities famous for a distinctive traditional craft or textile — the shopping-and-artisan circuit for travellers who plan a trip partly around what they'll bring home.
A curated selection, not an official or closed list — either traditions vary on the full set of sites, or this is an editorial grouping rather than a traditional one.
Significance & tradition
Each town's craft reputation reflects a genuinely long, specific local tradition — Banarasi silk weaving in Varanasi, block printing and gem-cutting in Jaipur, ikat weaving in Pochampally — rather than general souvenir shopping. See also each destination's own 'specialties' field.
How this list was compiled
This is a curatorial, market-driven grouping, not a traditional or religious circuit — built around long-standing craft reputations for genuinely famous local specialties. Not exhaustive.