Kamala Information

Welcome to Kamala, The Crafts Shop of Crafts Council of India You’ve arrived at the original and definitive store for Indian handmade crafts. Named for the founder of the handmade movement in India, freedom fighter and nationalist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, it has the most wide-ranging, comprehensive and authentic collection of Indian handicrafts and handmade textiles found anywhere in the country, indeed the world. The collection is also hand-picked. CCI reaches out to the best of artisans, travelling to remote regions of India, to select and often commission choice collectibles that will appeal to the sensibilities of the discerning buyer. The result is a range of breathtaking variety and novelty, not only in objects but in ideas, materials, skills, design and rendering. Every purchase at Kamala helps to support the artisan directly. Indirectly, buying handmade does not only ensure that traditional skills are fostered. It creates a demand for education in these skills so that the craft lives on.