SITAPUR (CARPET DARI)

Sitapur city in Uttar Pradesh is a traditional production center of handmade rugs, durries and Bathmats dating as back as Mugal Regime in India". The district is well known for the cotton and woollen carpets made in Laharpur and Khairabad and exported to other parts of the country as well as abroad. These products have appealing and artistic designs. A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of pile attached to a backing. The pile usually consists of twisted tufts which are typically heat-treated to maintain their structure.