‘Chennai biggest market for cotton handlooms’
Anticipating a footfall of 50,000 people at the ‘Cottonfab’ textile exhibition under way in Egmore in the city, the secretary of Awadh Hathkargha Hastshilp Evam Gramodyog Samiti-falling under the Ministry of Textiles-stated Chennai to be the biggest market for cotton handloom products in the country.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-03-02 22:10 GMT
Chennai
With the eighth edition of the textile exhibition at Co-optex Ground in Pantheon Road seeing cotton fabric works of over 120 weavers from across 16 States, secretary Javed Alam stated that about 6,000 people have turned up in the past two days alone.
While Salem cotton and Madurai sungudi products are regulars in the exhibit, Kutch block printed fabrics and Lucknow chikan embroidery work are in high demand owing to their lightweight and airy quality.
While these are priced nominally, the more expensive fabrics are chanderi cotton from Madhya Pradesh, cath ka kadai needlework from Jammu and Kashmir, mangalgiri from Andhra Pradesh, jamdani from West Bengal and block prints from Rajasthan.
“Increasing temperatures in Chennai has pushed people to stick to cotton and they want to buy different styles and prints from other States,” reasoned Javed.
Identifying handloom fabrics to be in high demand, the Lucknow-based samiti has roped in some of the best weavers from across the country to sell fabrics at their exhibit here. The exhibition is on until March 17, between 10.30 am and 9 pm all the days.
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