In the workshop
Mud, indigo and a day of sun.
- 6
- printing tables
- 2
- indigo vats in the floor
- 1972
- year Gopal-ji set up his first table
Who we are
Printed by hand, dyed in indigo.
Our workshop on Sanganer Road has six printing tables, two indigo vats sunk into the floor and a long drying field behind. The blocks are carved in teak by a carver two lanes away. Most pieces take a week or more from table to dispatch.
Dabu mud-resist, indigo vats and teak blocks: clothes, bedding and fabric from one family workshop in Jaipur. A two-hour session at our tables: pick a block, print a cotton stole, dip it in the vat and take it home once it dries. ₹1,800 per person, Tuesday to Sunday.
— The Neelgar Chhapai team, Jaipur
What we stand for
Three things we will not change
Slow dye
We dip in indigo again and again rather than use a stronger dye, so the blue sits deep in the cotton and fades evenly.
Blocks by hand
Every block is carved in teak in our lane. We pay the carver by the block, and we keep the old ones.
Plain about flaws
Hand printing leaves small breaks and overlaps. We describe them honestly and never call a mistake a design.
Come and print a piece yourself.
A two-hour session at our tables: pick a block, print a cotton stole, dip it in the vat and take it home once it dries. ₹1,800 per person, Tuesday to Sunday.
Visit or call usOur story so far
Neelgar Chhapai, year by year
- 1972
One table in Sanganer
Gopal Chhipa sets up a single printing table in his courtyard, printing Sanganeri buti for cloth merchants in the old city.
- 1988
Learning dabu from Bagru
His son Mahesh spends a winter with a dabu family in Bagru and builds the first indigo vat in the workshop floor.
- 2008
Selling under our own name
The family starts selling its own sarees and bedding at the workshop door instead of only printing for traders.
- Today
Six tables and visitors
Mahesh’s daughter Ritu runs the shop and the printing sessions, while six printers and two dyers work the tables.
Choose
Shop online or message us for swatches.
We cut and pack
Fabric cut from one length, washed and pressed.
Delivered
Across India in 4–6 days, with care notes.
Reviews
What customers say
Sample reviews, written for this demo. Real customer reviews replace them on your store.
The kurta fabric smells faintly of earth when it arrives. After six washes the blue is still deep and the leaves are softer.
We did the workshop session as a family. Printing our own stole and pulling it out green, then watching it turn blue, was something the children talk about.
I bought the razai for my mother. It is light and warm, and she says it is exactly like the one she had in Jaipur as a girl.
See what came out of the vat.
A WhatsApp note each fortnight with new prints, fabric restocks and workshop days.