# Tarakasi: The Silver Filigree of Cuttack

A single-page digital exhibition on Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi, the silver filigree craft of Cuttack, Odisha, India, recognised with a Geographical Indication (GI) tag on 15 March 2024. Built for the Katakia Tarakasi Centre. Every factual claim is cited to one of six public sources.

## What the exhibition covers

- The craft's history and the stages of making, from silver to filigree
- The wire-motif vocabulary: spiral, curl, creeper, jaali, circle and dot
- Objects and forms: jewellery, ornaments, souvenirs, idols, architectural and festival pieces
- Odissi dance: Tarakasi forms the traditional ornament set, worn from head to waist
- Cuttack's Durga Puja: silver Chandi Medha backdrops frame the goddess's idol
- GI recognition, and the challenges the craft faces today

## Key facts

- GI recognition was granted on 15 March 2024.
- A GI tag identifies a product as originating from a specific region and legally restricts use of that name to authorised producers from that place.
- In India, GI registration is administered by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. Protection lasts ten years once registered.

## Pages

- [Exhibition](/): the full long-scroll narrative
- [About](/about): scope, sourcing and credits
- [Privacy](/privacy): no cookies, no third-party requests

This is an educational exhibition, not a shop or price list.