Rogan painting, is an art of cloth printing practiced in the Kutch District of Gujarat, India. In this craft, paint made from boiled oil and vegetable dyes is laid down on fabric using either a metal block (printing) or a stylus (painting). The craft nearly died out in the late 20th century, with rogan painting being practiced by only two families in the same village.
The word rogan comes from Persian, meaning varnish or oil, a term adopted under the Mughal Empire.[1] The process of applying this oil-based paint to fabric began among the Muslim Khatris, a community in Kutch.[2] Although the name, rogan (and some of the traditional designs) suggests an origin in Iran, there are no reliable historic records to prove this.
