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The study was undertaken to review the traditional art of Bihar, termed as Sujani. Traditional designs have endless possibilities of inspiring countless innovations through re-interpretations, re-translations and adaptations. With this is mind, an attempt has been made to study the designs with contemporary style inspired from the an age old craft of Bihar region commonly known as Sujani of Bihar province of Union of India. Sujani mainly depicts stories and in the past has been used extensively to spread awareness about social issues and empowerment of downtrodden women. The crafts with Motifs, textile ornamentation presented on the traditional samples are considered heritage to the communities that adopted them. The samples were then embroidered using the designs that had thus been made. A detailed study on the potential consumers, acceptability of the designs in market and popularity of techniques was carried out and presented in the paper.