Topic
Crafts and GI Products
- Chamba rumal — double-satin-stitch embroidery, identical on both faces, 'painting with the needle'; themes from Pahari painting. GI tag.
- Kullu shawl — geometric borders in bold colour; GI tag (2004–05).
- Kinnauri shawl — finer geometric patterning with Buddhist motifs; GI tag.
- Kangra tea — planted from 1849, GI tag 2005; a light, high-grown green and black tea.
- Kangra painting — GI tag for the painting tradition itself.
- Chulli oil (wild apricot, Kinnaur/Lahaul), Himachali Kala Zeera, Lahauli socks and gloves, Himachali Chulli — all GI-registered.
- Pattu, dohru, thipu — traditional woollen garments; the Bushahri topi (green band) and Kinnauri topi are markers of regional identity, and their politics is worth a line.
- Metal and woodwork: Chamba chappal, brassware, Kath-kuni carpentry, Kinnauri wood carving.