After nearly ten years, one of India’s most respected craft platforms returns to Chennai. From 30 January to 5 February 2026, the Dastkari Haat Crafts Bazaar, curated by Dastkari Haat Samiti, re-emerges at the NIFT Campus in Tharamani with a week-long celebration of India’s living craft traditions, inviting the city to pause and rediscover the handmade. Once fondly remembered for transforming the shaded environs of the Kalakshetra Campus into a vibrant craftscape, Dastkari Ha