Indiyani Chikancraft

Our workshop and shop are on Campwell Road in Lucknow, not far from the Quality Bakery and the Balaganj chauraha. This area is always full of the smell of fresh bread and the noise of rickshaws. We focus on Chikan work, which is something very close to the heart of this city. You’ll see a lot of white cloth and intricate thread work around our place. It’s a slow process, and we have people who have been doing this with their hands for a long time. It’s not a factory with big machines. It’s more about sitting down and getting the stitches right. The shop itself is a bit small, and we have piles of kurtas and fabric stacked up everywhere. Sometimes it's hard to find a specific size, but we enjoy digging through the stacks with the customers. We don't have a big corporate structure. It’s mostly family and a few workers who have become like family. The pin code is 226001, in case you're looking for us on a map. We’ve been here through many summers and winters. People come to us when they want something that feels authentic to Lucknow. We don’t use a lot of fancy words to describe what we do. We just make the clothes, sell them, and hope they last a long time. It’s a traditional way of doing things that hasn't changed much in our little corner of Balaganj.