Kalamkari is among the most beautiful traditional Indian art forms and involves block printing or hand printing, typically done on pieces of cotton fabrics. The unique feature of the Kalamkari art is that it makes use of only natural colours or vegetable dyes.Cotton fibres are hollow, natural fibres that are soft, cool, breathable, and absorbent. Cotton fibres can store 24 27 times their weight in water. They are durable, dye absorbing, and resistant to abrasion and high temperatures