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The '''Toda Embroidery''', also locally known as "pukhoor",<ref name= Muthukumaraswamy/> is an art work among the [[Toda people|Toda pastoral people]] of [[Nilgiris]], in [[Tamil Nadu]], made exclusively by their women.<ref name= Muthukumaraswamy/> The embroidery, which has a fine finish, appears like a woven cloth<ref name =Tribe/> but is made with use of red and black threads with a white cotton cloth background. Both sides of the embroidered fabric are usable and the Toda people are proud of this heritage. Both men and women adorn themselves with the embroidered cloaks and shawls.<ref name =Tribe>{{Cite web|url=http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/journal/29.pdf|title= Journal 29 – Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks|date= 19 March 2009|accessdate=31 January 2016|publisher= Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks|pages=107–117|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003703/http://ipindia.nic.in/girindia/journal/29.pdf|archivedate=4 March 2016|df=}}</ref><ref name=Toda>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/t/019pho0000974s1u00005000.html|title=Toda man|year=1871|accessdate=31 January 2016|publisher=On Line Gallery of British Library}}</ref>
 
This handicraft product is listed as a [[List of Geographical Indications in India|geographically tagged]] product<ref name= Radhakrishnan>{{Cite news|last= Radhakrishnan|first=D.|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/toda-embroidery-gets-gi-status/article4556982.ece|title=Toda embroidery gets GI status |date= 28 March 2013|accessdate= 31 January 2016|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> and is protected under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act (GI Act) 1999 of the [[Government of India]]. It was registered by the Controller General of Patents Designs and Trademarks under the title Toda Embroidery" and recorded at GI Application number 135 under Class 24, Class 25, and Class 26 as Textiles and Textile Goods, clothing, and Embroidery, respectively, in March 2013. A certificate of the GI registration was formally presented to the community leaders in June 2013. This was first initiated in 2008 and the agencies who supported this registration are the Toda Nalavaazhvu Sangam, Keystone Foundation, and [[Poompuhar]].<ref name =Tribe/><ref name= Radhakrishnan/><ref name=Staff>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/gi-certificate-for-toda-embroidery-formally-handed-over-to-tribals/article4816085.ece|title=GI certificate for Toda embroidery formally handed over to tribals|date=15 June 2013|accessdate=31 January 2016|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>