Parbat Kanji Vankar if following his traditional art and joined his family business at an age of 18 years. He learned the art from his father and grandfather who used to exhibit expertise in hand weaving techniques.
In 1991, at the age of 20 years, Parbat Vankar got a chance to participate in one of the cultural festival in America. He went there with Pramukh Swami ji.
In 1994, he reveived the ‘Rashtrapati Puraskar’. He tried to keep his work trendy and fashionable with making period changes in his traditional artwork according to the time and demand.
Hand Weaving keeps a history of more than 400-500 years. It is a textile producing method in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interwoven at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. This handicraft technique, is famous for its dhobla shawla. The different fabrics used for hand weaving are wool, silk wool, cotton, kala cotton, and many more.
The changing time has brought several changes in the old technique where the color, designs, materials all went under transition due to the changing fashion trends and demands. The monopoly design on Kutch hand weaving makes it different from the other weaving work.