Carpets of Andhra Pradesh

Elluru, close to Masulipatnam is celebrated for carpets of Indo Persian style. The body outlines of carpets are named after benefactors or those connected with them or fruits like babul, guava and so forth.

The outlines and designs are generally floral and geometrical.The heap carpet came to Warangal with the Mughal armed force, for the military camps had warriors as well as craftsmen and specialists. They advanced their outlines in course of time yet with the kind of the old, in the same way as the Persian Lancelot leaf changed into a bloom.

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