✍️ By J&K Administrative Archive Editorial Desk | 📅 Last reviewed: 01 September 2026
🏷️ GI-TAGGED CRAFTS & HERITAGE PRODUCTS

The Master Craftsmen: GI-Protected Artisanal Heritage and Value Chains of J&K

Discover Jammu & Kashmir's world-famous Geographical Indication (GI) products: Pampore Crimson Saffron, Kani Pashmina Shawls, Kathua Basohli Miniature Painting, Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving, and Hand-Knotted Silk Carpets.

🏆 OFFICIAL GI REGISTRATION CATALOG

Certified J&K GI Tagged Products & Crafts

🌸 GI TAGGED

Pampore Crimson Saffron (Zafran)

Kashmiri Saffron Firni & Kahwa 📷 Kashmiri Saffron Firni & Kahwa
Traditional saffron-infused desserts and green tea brewed in copper samovars.

Grown in Pulwama karewa soil, world's highest crocin content crimson stigmas certified with QR-code security seal.

🧶 WORLD FAMOUS

Kashmir Kani & Pashmina Shawl

Woven from Changthangi pashm under-fleece using traditional wooden needle (Kani) codex scripts.

🎨 HERITAGE ART

Basohli Miniature Painting (Kathua)

GI Basohli Miniature Painting 📷 GI Basohli Miniature Painting
World-famous 17th-century Pahari art style with glowing colors and beetle-wing inlays.

Royal Dogra miniature painting style featuring intense natural pigments and beetle wing jewel highlights.

📜 STATUTORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGISTRY

Official J&K Geographical Indications (GI) Registry (16 Products)

reliable registry of all 16 certified Geographical Indications of Jammu & Kashmir registered under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999:

1

GI Product Name
Kashmir Pashmina
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-46
Registration Year
2008
Geographical Domain
Kashmir Valley / Ladakh
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Fineness 12–16 microns from Changthangi goat (*Capra hircus*); spun on *Yender* wheel and woven on handloom.

2

GI Product Name
Kashmir Sozni Craft
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-47
Registration Year
2008
Geographical Domain
Kashmir Valley
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Single-needle intricate needlework embroidery using silk or fine staple yarn on Pashmina and Raffal shawls.

3

GI Product Name
Kani Shawl
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-48
Registration Year
2008
Geographical Domain
Kanihama (Budgam)
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Woven using eyeless wooden spools (*Tujis*) following a mathematically coded pattern script (*Talim*).

4

GI Product Name
Kashmir Papier-Mâché
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-49
Registration Year
2008
Geographical Domain
Srinagar
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
2-stage craft: *Sakhtsazi* (molding recycled paper pulp) & *Naqqashi* (painting intricate floral/hazara motifs).

5

GI Product Name
Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-182
Registration Year
2011
Geographical Domain
Kashmir Valley
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Carved from seasoned roots/trunks of *Juglans regia* with dragon, chinar, and deep-undercut floral reliefs.

6

GI Product Name
Khatamband
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-213
Registration Year
2011
Geographical Domain
Kashmir Valley
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Polygonal geometric wooden ceiling art assembled with interlocking wooden battens without iron nails.

7

GI Product Name
Kashmir Hand Knotted Carpet
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-181
Registration Year
2011
Geographical Domain
Srinagar / Budgam
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Silk-on-silk and wool-on-cotton knotted pile carpets with QR-code based optical physical verification.

8

GI Product Name
Kashmir Saffron (Lachha / Mongra)
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-635
Registration Year
2020
Geographical Domain
Pampore / Kishtwar
Category
Agricultural
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
High crocin (color 8.72%), safranal (aroma 0.07%), and picrocrocin (bitterness) cultivated on Karewa terraces.

9

GI Product Name
Basohli Paintings
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-864
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Basohli (Kathua)
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Pahari miniature art featuring deep warm colors, expressive lotus eyes, and shimmering beetle-wing elytra.

10

GI Product Name
Basohli Pashmina Woolen Products
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-865
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Kathua / Basohli
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Artisanal hand-spun Dogra pashmina shawls, blankets, and stoles woven in the Shivalik foothill tradition.

11

GI Product Name
Rajouri Chikri Wood Craft
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-866
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Rajouri & Reasi
Category
Handicraft
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Fine-grained pale timber from *Buxus wallichiana* carved into combs (*Kanghi*), keychains, and decorative boxes.

12

GI Product Name
Ramban Anardana (Dharoo)
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-867
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Ramban
Category
Agricultural
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Sun-dried wild pomegranate seeds rich in citric and malic acid used as an organic souring spice.

13

GI Product Name
Ramban Sulai Honey
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-868
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Ramban / Chenab
Category
Agricultural
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Organic light-amber wild flora honey harvested from wild *Plectranthus rugosus* (Sulai blossom).

14

GI Product Name
Bhadarwah Rajmash
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-869
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Doda (Bhadarwah)
Category
Agricultural
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Small-seeded, sweet, red kidney beans grown on Chenab mountain slopes, cooked into traditional Dogra curry.

15

GI Product Name
Mushqbudji Rice
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-870
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Anantnag (Sagam)
Category
Agricultural
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Indigenous short bold scented rice variety grown at high altitudes; releases rich floral aroma during boiling.

16

GI Product Name
Udhampur Kaladi Cheese
GI Application / Cert No.
GI-871
Registration Year
2023
Geographical Domain
Udhampur & Ramnagar
Category
Food Stuff
Key Authentication & Distinctive Characteristics
Traditional ripened raw cow/buffalo milk mozzarella-style cheese cake shallow-fried golden crispy with a gooey core.
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