New Delhi, July 26 -- In a narrow wooden room in Srinagar's centuries-old Rathpora locality, the quiet click of a computer keyboard mingles with the distant echoes of mosque calls and street vendors. Seated behind a desk, Shahnawaz Ahmad Sofi scrolls through a set of digital carpet designs sent by his clients.

Before his weavers begin their intricate work, Sofi meticulously converts these images into detailed patterns on his computer. He then translates them into Talim, a traditional script that guides the weaving process. Recited like a chant or song, the Talim is followed by the weavers stitch by stitch, each coded line shaping the carpet into a work of art crafted entirely by hand.

"I have spent my life watching carpets being handcra...