Casual, colourful shoes and sandals in leather from India: Fashion footwear for the contemporary city dweller, from five centuries back. Mumtaz, the lady for whom the Taj Mahal was built probably lived in shoes and sandals much like these. Originally meant for the Maharajahs and the Maharanis [Kings and Queens and such royalty], these handcrafted fashion footwear for men and women mainly come from the villages of Punjab and Rajasthan. This period fashion piece was introduced to India during the
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