Initially the cotton cloth, locally known as Gaada is immersed in water overnight to remove the impurities and starch in it. The washed cloth is then treated in a solution which is made by mixing Myrobalan bud paste (Karakapinde locally), Myrobalan flower paste (Karakapoovu locally) and buffalo milk. For a length of 10 meters of cloth, 4 liters of buffalo milk is used. The cloth, after immersing in milk solution for 5 to 10 minutes is taken out and squeezed to remove the excess solution and it is allowed to dry under sun for 2 hours.
The cloth obtains the yellowish color after dyeing. This process is done to smoothen the cloth and also to avoid the spreading of die color and outline color.
