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Natural dyes are also known as eco friendly dyes. These dyes are extracted from natural resources. These dyes are either plant, animal or of mineral origin. Synthetic dyes were introduced later. Synthetic dyes are found to be harmful to the environment as they emit substances that are found to be hazardous to health and creates imbalance in the atmosphere. Due to modern developments, everybody became aware of the environmental issues and wanted to switch over to the natural dyes. Nowadays people have begun to use eco friendly materials. Natural dyes main disadvantage is that the shade is relatively dull and the process of natural dyeing is a tedious one , due to which still people prefer synthetic dyes. Mordants are used to improve the yield of better shades and help the dye particle get fixed to the fibre or fabric The purpose of this research is to determine the application of dye extracted from the dried peels of Mangosteen on linen fabric with alum mordant is used and tested for Anti bacterial evaluation.