Sujni, from Bihar, is a form of quilted embroidery with mainly narrative themes.

Embroidery practised in other states:

• There are shawls from Kashmir that are magically two-sided with the same design embroidered in different colours on each side. This is known as do-rukha.

• Punjab is famed for its traditional embroidery called phulkari — flowering work.

• An all over embroidered shawl (dupatta) is called a bagh, literally resembling a garden of flowers.

• The Lambani, Lambada and Banjara gypsy tribes from Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka in South India create spectacular embroidery.

• Kasuti of North Karnataka is a combination of four different stitches, done on the borders, pallav and blouse of the blue-black, indigo-dyed Chandrakala saree, an essential part of the trousseau of Hindu brides of the region.

• Chickenkari – Lucknow

• Kantha – Bengal

• Pipli – Odisha