Baanasri Gamcha / Towel Red and White Pack of 4

Baanasri Khadi Cotton Gamcha/ Towel A Gamucha is a traditional thin, coarse cotton towel found in India,

Bangladesh as well as various parts of South and Southeast Asia and is

used to dry the body after bathing or wiping sweat.

one side of the shoulder. Its appearance varies from region to region, and it has

Oriya Mahabharata by Sarala Dasa. Male villagers wear it as dhoti. Children of tribal

communities in Orissa wear Gamucha until their adolescence after which they wear dhoti.

Weavers of traditional tantubaya or Jogi community migrated from Bangladesh to

Tripura and weavers of Orissa produce good quality gamucha.

Story of a Gamcha 

Baanasri Khadi Cotton Gamcha/ Towel

The gamucha is most commonly found with a check and striped patterns of red,

orange or green. Plain white gamchhas with colored borders from Orissa and

Assam are local handicrafts and may be worn around the neck with traditional

Indian attire. In western areas, gamucha is primarily make in red color and

are plain like cloth. In southern India, gamucha is more coarse and are available

in various dyes. Even homemade lightweight fur towels are also popularly termed as

gamchhas. Gamucha wear by the South Asian people, especially in the Indian

states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region,

because they are not as thick as Western-style towels and better suited to the country’s

tropical, humid climate.

to as dismal. hamams as a traditional male loincloth and towel worn during bathing and massage.