Dhurries, which mean rugs, are woven in many parts of India. Warangal in Telangana is considered one of its main hubs. This city houses a large number of skilled rug makers. Most belong to the Padamasali community of weavers, where the technique is passed down generations. The most common dhurrie is called jainamaaz, also known as musallah, a flat weave prayer rug. There's a regular demand for a jainamaaz with a single mihrab (prayer arch motif) and saf (multiple arches) in mosques.

Warangal also produces multi-coloured dhurries without religious motifs using the interlocked weft technique. In recent years, to increase the range and versatility of products, the artists have also adopted ikat technique of dyeing and patterning yarn and Kalamkari prints. They are woven in cotton, jute, and wool in either pit looms or frame looms with multi-treadles. The artists use red and blue colours, sometimes neutral hues. The designs are geometric, floral, or tribal. Sometimes, the weavers also use contrasting borders and figurative elements such as mosques, minarets, elements from Hindu shrines, and votive oil lamps. Since these dhurries are like tapestries, the evolution of the craft shows the use of geometric and angular motifs as well as commonly seen horizontal stripes in several colours.

This craft was certified with a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2018.

Medium, a knowledge platform on handcrafts of India, by Poludas Nagendra Satish, traces the ancestry of Warangal dhurries. The earliest example of a flat weave rug is one that was acquired on loan from Jama Masjid in Bijapur for an exhibition in Delhi in 1903. It was left behind in 1686 by emperor Aurangazeb, in the mosque in Bijapur. 

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