LLDC, Living and Learning Design Centre

LIVING AND LEARNING DESIGN CENTER- a place for all the art, craft and design enthusiasts. They preserves the traditional Indian culture, textile, arts and crafts of Kutch. The way they hosted me when I got a chance to visit was amazing. The staffs were really friendly and helpful, the café has got a decent food choices. The space was aesthetically good and peaceful, I sat and did my sketching at the café and they stayed till I finished even after the closing time. Thank you so much for the wonderful experience.

LLDC- "The Living and Learning Design Centre", which is one of the part of NGO Shrujan Trust; which is working to promte, preserve & revitalize handicraft heritage of Kachchh (rural kachchh)

The LLDC complex, located in Ajrakhpur, kachchh, is a crafts museum.appreciable, maintaining an international standards. It is Dedicated to the crafts people of Kutch.

We got chance to visit this glorious complex (Museum), enjoyed rich and diverse, live Embroideries of kachchh.

This complex have 3 gallaries (Gallery-1, Gallery-2 and Gallery-3), a library, craft studio, auditorium, conference room, shop, cafe. As informed to us "no photography allowed in Gallery-1", due to some restrictions and commitments to community, but else everywhere it is allowed.

They are working on crafts education & resource centre that will trains & supports craftspeople in traditional crafts so that they are capable of earning a dignified livelihood.

Craft Studio is meant for artisans practicing various crafts, like embroidery, weaving, block-printing, pottery, and metal work of Kutch.

Museum shows, rich culture, tradition, dress etc of communities of Ahir, Rabaari, Sodha, Meghwaad Maaru, Mochi, Jat, Raau Node, Mutva, Meghwaad Maarwaada, Haalepotra

Worth watching Embroidery work of these communities, which is simply superb.

Visit once to experience the magic of Kutch handicrafts!

LLDC is located in Ajrakhpur village, 15 kilometres from Bhuj on the Bhuj-Bhachau highway.

GSRTC (State Transport) buses available, also private vehicle, buses & shared-auto rickshaw (chhakadas) are available from Bhuj to Ajrakhpur.

Timings: 10: 00AM to 06: 00PM (Every Day)
Ticket collecting for visitors upto 05: 15PM only.
It is Closed on Mondays & public holidays

Ticket Charges
Adults- Rs. 100/-
Children- Rs. 20/- (5 to 12)

Living and Learning Design Centre (LLDC) is an effort by Shrujan Trust to preserve, revitalize & promote the craft heritage of Kutch. LLDC complex houses an International standard crafts museum which is widely appreciated by visitors. LLDC is dedicated to the craftspeople of Kutch, it is a multi-dimensional crafts education & resource centre that trains & supports craftspeople in traditional crafts so that they are capable of earning a dignified livelihood.
Complex has 3 Galleries, a Library and a crafts studio for artisans practising various crafts (weaving, block printing, pottery, metal work, etc.) The complex also has a well equipped conference room and an auditorium.
LLDC welcomes volunteers - as a resource person for skill building workshops, as an organizer for W/shops & events, helping craftspeople set up stall & sell their products in exhibitions
(Information-LLDC Brochure)

Extremely beautiful and amazing experience! The collection here is marvelous and it's uniqueness lies in the hands-on practical experience that they offer their visitors.

All types of Kutch embroideries of finest quality can be seen here.
It is very informative and if one is interested in serious research this is the correct place.

Was a great place for history enthusiastic. Contains rich history of Kutch embroidery design and corresponding people. The architecture of the building was the best. Too fascinating. Campus was well lit and maintained.

Visited here for music festival.
It was awesome experience
Unique of its kind in kutch

Beautiful place &a must visit to all, beautiful collection of hand embroidery which is just unbelievable that such beautiful embroidery is done here in Kutch, neat &clean museum &staff are also very cooperative &explains very well, & excellent cafe, a must visit, ur trip to Kutch will be incomplete without visiting LLDC.thank you LLDC team.

One of best site to visit to save ours own traditional kasabkam jarikam bharatkam paintings on saries designs of tradionalwork on saries and how they works shown practically in this gallary.

A must visit place to all people who are in the field of textiles, fashion and art!
A modern place that holds traditional value! Simply amazing!

It has been a grt experience to visit such a place and also want to appreciate effort of shrujan trust. You all are doing great work to help promote and educate us with grt culture and art of india

Just Absolutely amazing can't Express what I felt after learning about the Art, Architecture and craft style of Kutch and their people ️️ Just Amazing the different tribes and their different ways of perspective and love towards their Embroidery and Art just made me realise that tradition and culture are kept deep in the heart of the people through their Art ️ and I am really grateful to witness what I saw. Thank you guys for allowing and preserving the cultural display in LLDC ️

LLDC- LIVING AND LEARNING DESIGN CENTER, a must visit place for all the art, craft and design lovers. The center encourages and preserves our ancient Indian culture. It is divided into four service floors which includes all the forms of art. We went here for a site case study from my college and it was the best experience ever. The staff there is very helpfull, the canteen food is amazing ("a total ghar ka khana vibes"). The place has peacefull atmosphere to sit and work in canteen space. A must visit!

Not so many but great works. There are also a library which has many useful books about Indian culture.

You can come here (Ajrakhpur) by bus (no. 30) from new Bhuj bus stop. You can also ride this bus from Jubliee circle or RTO circle.

Amazing compilation of the crafts and minute clubbing of all the details, with great presentation through the museum.

LLDC Leaving and Learning Center is to promote local artists, art, hand work, embroidery work etc.

Museum shows beautiful art works made by local artists.

Museum is completely Air Condition.

Entry Fee RS. 50/- pp.

It is 15 kms from Bhuj on Bhachau Highway.

Photography and Videography is prohibited.

Valuable and exquisite art of the hand embroidery of Kutch acknowledged, preserved and enhanced by a dedicated and hardworking team. Worth a visit

Entry fee for an adult is Rs. 50
You can experience the different beautiful designs made by the communities. How the clothes and there design changed over time without forgetting their traditional techniques.
A visit to LLDC is worth it. You get to know so many things.
A documentary about LLDC in gujarati language with english subtitles is very beautiful.
Two galllary show casing the work of the communities is adorable.

Beautiful thought and loads of hard work behind creating this amazing museum. Even the architecture of the building is very interesting.

A must visit place for those who understand fabric, fashion and intricate designs and appreciate the effort that it requires to bring out art through embroidery.

Excellent craft museum. Perhaps best in the world for handicrafts and other crafts. One must visit when visiting Kachchh in India. World class infrastructure

The Kutch Embroidery is a handicraft and textile signature art tradition of the tribal community of kutchh in Gujarat India. This embroidery with its rich designs has made a notable contribution to the Indian embroidery traditions. The embroidery, practiced normally by women is generally done on fabrics of cotton, in the form of a net using cotton or silk threads. In certain patterns, it is also crafted over silk and satin. The types of stitches adopted are “square chain, double buttonhole, pattern darning, running stitch, satin and straight stitches”. The signature effect of the colorful embroidery sparkles when small mirrors called abhla are sewn over the geometrically shaped designs. Depending on the tribal sub groups of rabari and mutavainvolved with this craft work many hand embroidered ethnic styles have evolved. These six styles: Suf, khaarek, paako, Ahir Rabari, Garasia Jat, and Mutava.

A must seen museum for social people. If desired and dedicated, how a person or association can change the life of hundreds;LLDC is living example of such persons. Working for down trodden families, they made the people specially ladies to work for their own betterment. The association has persuaded people to work on the art they knew and make this museum/exhibition for showcasing their work as well as helping them to sell products. Hats off to such nice persons

It is very beautiful museum of art and handicrafts of Kacchi and Bhuj. Very beautiful and nice staff. Just 50 only entry fee. The museum and surrounding are very clean. Usually they don't have crowd of visitors. They have lots of space and everything is very well.

Very Nice place, must visit, learn abut kutchhi embroidery and art work, know about kutchh and kutchhi people's

Marvellous! Classic art treasure housed in an architectural wonder! How can one not visit this place. The pieces of art are exemplary and a tribute to the unrecognized artists who created them.

There are two uniqueness in this place.
1. Collection of every traditional clothes and utensils in gallery 1
2. Weaving of clothes are demonstrated lively and even classes are also conducted for learners.

Best museum on kutchi traditional embroidery. Superb collection, world class display & extremely knowledgeable & polite staff. Must visit, highly recommended for design enthusiasts.

Very nice experience. Fascinating display of embroidery along with detailed information about the ethnic tribes involved. The layout and plan of the entire museum is world class.

A museum worth visiting. It depicts how history has affected art and culture of current Kuttch, Gujarat and how the art will evolve for our prosterity. This is a museum created for people 100 years from now. It's still premature and that itself is a wonderful experience.

An organisation involved in identifying, demonstrate, protect and document the traditional art of locals scientificaly. Must visit for people who love and cares for traditional handicraft.

Living and learning design centre is a place for artisan of Bhuj and it represents the community. History and details of Kutch how it was formed and how it is today is detailed here with facts history and great details. This place is must visit by architects and people who love design and art, craft.

Loved it. Beautifully arranged and artistically presented.
The shop has one ood the best collections i have seen. But be prepared to burn a hole in your pocket (edit.seemed overpriced)

Must visit. Great place to explore the culture of kutch and you will feel proud after exploring various culture and their talents.

Please 1 visit this place is outstanding. Really kutch is there.kutchhi handicrafts hevan is LLDC.

This place is quite amazing bcz its give deep information about kachchhi embroidery work and u can also buy it from there.

Very good place to see the culture of kuchchh. Nicely narreted each things on the iPad on each piece displayed here. Live place.

Amazing. Should give it a try if you ever visit Bhuj, you can really look upon the originality of our traditional handmade dress's.