Bhubaneswar: Utkalika, under the Directorate of Handicrafts of Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, Odisha, filed a GI application with the Registrar of Geographical Indication, Chennai, on Monday for Odisha Brass & Bell Metal.
The Odisha Brass & Bell Metal GI application has been filed with documents covering different types of production processes and products developed across the state using brass and scrap material as the main raw material. Multiple clusters across 28 districts in the state have been covered under the application.
This is the third GI for the handicrafts sector of Odisha in the last one year. GI Applications have already been filed before the Registrar of Geographical Indication on Silver Filigree (Chandi Tarakasi) of Cuttack and Odisha Golden Grass, which are pending with the Registry for the award of GI.
Earlier, GI Registration in respect of Konark stone carving, Pipili Applique work & Odisha Pattachitra has been obtained.
Steps are also being taken for filing the next application for GI tagging of Bellaguntha Flexible Brass Fish, Terracotta Roof Tiles of Barpalli, Bargarh, Paper Machie Masks, Puri, Straw Craft, Jiral, Dhenkanal, Lacquer Toys, Balasore, Odisha Dhokra Casting, Nilagiri Stone Carving & Utensils, Bolangir Paddy Craft, Subarnapur Terracotta Craft, Gajapati Horn Craft, Nabarangpur Lacquered Box, Talapatra Pothi Chitra of Puri (Palm leaf Engraving craft).
