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HIMROO IS A FABRIC MADE OF SILK AND COTTON, WHICH IS MADE  LOCALLY IN AURANGABAD . THE WORD HIMROO ORIGINATED FROM PERSIAN WORD HUM-RUH WHICH MEANS 'SIMILAR' . HIMROO IS  A REPLICATION OF KUM-KHWAB ,WHICH WAS WOVEN WITH PURE GOLD AND SILVER THREADS IN OLDEN DAYS, AND WAS MEANT FOR THE ROYAL FAMILIES. HIMROO WAS BOUGHT TO AURANGABAD IN THE REIGN OF MUHAMMAD TUGHLAQ, WHEN HE HAD SHIFTED HIS CAPITAL FORM THE DELHI TO DAULTABAD ,AURANGABAD . 

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HIMROO USES PERSIAN DESIGN AND IS VERY CHARACTERISTIC AND DISTINCTIVE IN APPEARANCE.

HIMROO FROM AURANGABAD IS IN DEMAND FOR ITS UNIQUE STYLE AND DESIGN. SOME HISTORIANS BELIEVE THAT HIMROO WAS THE INNOVATION AND WAS LOCAL CRAFTSMEN WITH VERY LITTLE PERSIAN INFLUENCE. MOST  OF THE HIMROO DESIGNS ARE INSPIRED FROM THE PAINTING OF AJANTA CAVES

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IT IS THE ART OF THE AGES BROUGHT DOWN FROM TIMES FORGOTTEN PASSED ON TO THE SON BY HIS FATHER.