Craft mapping initiative

Where craft actually sits

Click a region to filter, or any dot to open the craft. 27 entries across 14 communes, plotted on the four four enclaves.

Region

Material

Vitality

The register

Every entry currently on the map. Nothing is ranked — a craft held by one family sits level with a craft employing thousands.

Photographs

Each entry has a photo slot, keyed to its filename. Drop a folder named photos/ beside this file with images named craft-id.jpg and they appear everywhere automatically — map thumbnails, list and detail. Until then, each slot falls back to its drawn panel.

To try it now without moving files: pick images from your computer and any whose filename matches a craft id will load straight into the page. Nothing is uploaded — the images stay in this browser tab.

The commune atlas

Entries that name each commune, highest first. Click any commune to filter the map. Low numbers mark thin documentation at least as often as thin craft.

The GI register

Two registered handicraft geographical indications. Click a row to open the craft where this volume carries one. Source: Geographical Indications Registry, Chennai, and the published state registration lists.

App.	Geographical indication	Place	Registered	Scope
201	Villianur Terracotta Works	Villianur, Puducherry	2011-12	Puducherry
202	Thirukanur Papier Mache Craft	Thirukkanur, Puducherry	2011-12	Puducherry