Special handloom expo in Mysuru from Dec 8-25

Mysuru, Dec 7 (KNN) The Office of Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India is organising a Special Handloom Expo at JSS Mysore Urban Haat from December 8 to 25.

The expo is being organised in collaboration with the Cauvery Handlooms, Bengaluru, and Department of Handloom and Textiles, Government of Karnataka, in association with JSS Urban Haat.

As per reports, over 60 weavers resenting weavers’ societies from across India including state and national awardees will be exhibiting and selling their traditional and heritage handloom products at the expo.

The expo will feature Punjabi Phulkari, Patiala suits, Bhagalpur Tassar silk sarees and dupattas, handloom from Madhya Pradesh, grass mats and curtains, Jaipur kurtas and wrap arounds,  Kanjeevaram silk sarees, Ilkal Kasauti and Molakalmur sarees of Karnataka, jute bags, Kantha stitch sarees, Benaras sarees and dress materials, boutique sarees and dresses, Bengali cotton sarees, Kashmir Handlooms, Chikan embroidery, Rajasthan embroidery, Gujarati dress, vegetable print dress etc, according to a press statement.

The Handloom expo will be inaugurated at 4 p.m. on December 8, 2022.  (KNN Bureau)