by Preeti rautela | Aug 5, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Handloom market in Sambalpur, Odisha has not been immune to the deadly virus effect. The pandemic has caused adverse effect on the overall turnover of the Sambalpuri Bastralaya Handloom society. According to the reports an average turnover of around 20 crore in...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Burdwan cluster holds a very significant place in the Bengal handloom industry. This cluster is popular for its “Tangail Naksapar Sarees” and “Jamdani” Sarees with jacquard design. Historians have traced the existence of super fine...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Bishnupur is a city in Bankura district of West Bengal. It is situated at a distance of 151 km from the state capital Kolkata. Bishnupur is famous for its terracotta temple and Baluchari Sari. Around the midst of 16th Century, a group of highly skilled...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Phulia is a village in Nadia district of West Bengal. After the partition of Bangladesh many weavers came and settled in this region. With the support of the government, the weavers soon revived their ancestral occupation of weaving and the art of weaving...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Bijnore is located in north west UP on the eastern bank of Ganges river and adjoining to the southern part of Uttarakhand state. The handloom weaving activity is found in around 32 villages and 6 small towns. The Bijnor district handloom cluster is wide in...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background During 17th Century, King Syed Sha Mubarak Kada Maanakpuri (Allahabad) under the sultanate of emperor Humayun, laid the foundation for Mubarakpur. During 14th century, cotton weaving was started in the area (As per ancient Vedic and Buddha Literature). Very...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Banaras silk sarees are an integral part of the Indian sartorial landscape. The historian have traced the handloom weaving tradition from 1500 to 2000 BC and located reference in Vedic and Buddhist literature. It seems it specialized in cotton...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background “Barabanki”, a dream house of luxurious apparel accessories for women is famous for weaving since the Nawab’s period. The town is situated 30 kms towards east of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. Most of the products of this...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background “Salem” in Tamilnadu is one of the largest pockets of handloom weavers concentration in the country. Traditionally this region is known for the production of cotton sarees, dhotis, angavastram and such fine count verities on a handloom. One of...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background A Kancheepuram saree (also known as Kanjivaram saree) is a type of sari traditionally made by weavers from Kancheepuram located in Tamil Nadu, India Since 2005, Kanchipuram sarees are protected by a Geographical Indication label, certifying their origin. To...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Kota is famous for the production of a special type of saree called Kota Doria. It is made of pure cotton and silk and have square like pattern. It has very fine weaves and weight very less. Kota Doria is woven on a traditional pit loom in such a fashion...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 18, 2020 | Business & Policy, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Background Nuapatna is the single largest place in the State where there are 7000 weavers with 2083 looms. The art of weaving of Nuapatna is more than 800 year old and is linked with temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri .The hand woven silk, cotton and tussar tie &...
