A unique & beautiful tradition of craft, commonly referred to as Santiniketan Leather Products, has over the course of more than three quarters of a century carved out a distinct identity on the world stage. Its appeal is both popular and artistic, its charm both exotic and future embrasing. Its delicate aesthetics is informed by a singular artistic tradition (the artistic heritage of santiniketan) and its innate aesthetic affiliation to an organic world. Like the discrete charm of the place itself, Santiniketan and its surroundings, this craft of leather products too owe its origins to the many-sided meditations of the poet, artist and thinker Rabindranath Tagore, more commonly known to the world as the famous poet laurate of the east and the winner of the nobel prize for literature in 1913. A process that started with the poet's father, Debendranath Tagore, and carried forward by the poet himself, the santiniketan's journey from a barren land to a thriving cultural microcosm cradle in a rich natural environment is an amazing story, and one of the more unique offshoots of this grand meditations in the grand tradition in leather crafts. The artistic heritage of santiniketan has a rich and engaging history. From its inception to date, santiniketan and its culture has been a pioneering force in the world of art & culture, and a leading aesthetic conscience of the region. Its unique aesthetic tradition is shaped by its innate affiliation to the organic environment and nature. As a result a remarkable aspect of this tradition has been its responsive interpretation of nature and the environment, a feature that lends its nuances heavily upon the crafts of this place, and none more so ever than on the leather crafts tradition. Thus the decorative style of the traditional leather crafts of santiniketan traces its roots back to the creative and ornamental interpretation of nature, a style which is at once inimitable and sighlty. Over the years, informed by the creative inputs of the master artists of santiniketan and ingenious solutions by the local artisans, Santiniketan leather craft has become a force in the world of crafts, appreciated by the craft lovers all over the world.