An application looking for Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the Woraiyur cotton sari was recorded by the WoraiyurDevanga Handloom Weaver’s Co-usable Society at the Geographical Indication Registry here in Chennai. This specific sari is known for its basic and limited line with plain or little themes. The saris are accessible in 6 yards or 8 yards and periodically 9 yards in view of the necessity of the customer.
As per subtleties given by the general public, the sarees are customarily woven utilizing the korvai loom. The Woraiyur cotton saris start from Thiruchi locale and they are created in Manamedu, situated on the banks of stream Cauvery. The cotton yarn is acquired from Coimbatore and Rajapalayam and the colors are gotten from Jeyamkondan. In excess of 500 handlooms working out of 1,000 families in Manamedu produce these saris, IPR lawyer P Sanjai Gandhi said, in view of the subtleties given by the general public.
As indicated by subtleties given by the general public in the recording, winding around thrived in Tamil Nadu during the rule of RajarajaChola. The winding around networks who lived and worked in Woraiyur were basically the Devangas, Saliyars and Mudaliars.
WoraiyurDevanga Handloom Weavers Cooperatives Society was begun with an underlying capital of ₹747. In the early phase, it got advances and advance from the public authority, the Reserve Bank of India, the Cooperative Bank and State Weavers Society. The point of the general public was to give persistent work, fair wages to its laborers, dispersion of activities to its laborers and appropriation of benefits to its individuals.
