About Bhadohi

Bhadohi (Hindi: ) is a city ,Lok Sabha constituency and a municipal board in Sant Ravidas Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Also known as the "Carpet City", as it is home to the largest hand-knotted carpet weaving industry hubs in South Asia. The Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, the only Institute of its kind in Asia, was established in the city, by the Ministry of Textiles in 2001, with B.Tech. courses in carpet and textiles technology. Bhadohi is also one of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (State Legislative Assembly) constituency as Bhadohi Lok Sabha constituency. Bhadohi is located at 2525N 8234E / 25.42N 82.57E / 25.42; 82.57. It has an average elevation of 85metres (278feet). Bhadohi gets its name supposedly from Bhar Raj of the region which had Bhadohi as its capital, whose traces can be found in the names of ruined mounds and old tanks named after the Bhar rulers, a tributary of Kannauj kingdom, which in the early medieval period was...