The name “Bandhani,” often spelt “Bandhej,” refers to a technique mostly practised in Gujarat and Rajasthan. It is derived from the Sanskrit word “bandha,” which means “to bind.” It is presently highly fashionable in the mainstream. The Khatri people in Gujarat, India’s rural areas, used this tie-and-dye technique first in the sixth century. According to historians, Banabhatt’s Harshacharita wore the first Bandhani saree at a royal wedding. A traditional form of art is bandhani. Archives from the Indus Valley Civilization are the first to mention this method of fingernail-plucking the fabric and knotting it before dying.