Mysore, 29 Nov (KNN) The Silk India 2021 expo orgainsed by New Crafts is taking place at Nanjaraja Bahadur choultry in Mysore, Karnataka.

A variety and range of traditional and ethnic products are being showcased at the exhibition, as published in The Hindu.

The expo was inaugurated on Sunday and will conclude on 30th November, 2021.

It features a vast collection of handlooms and dress materials from different states, and also include jewellery, textile, handmade paper, gemstones, paintings, leather craft, handcrafted items including those made of wood, ivory, lac, glass, brass, silver etc.

The expo comprises of more than 130 stalls, has a collection of dress material from Karnataka, Odisha and West Bengal.

In the fiscal year of 2020, Karnataka was the leading raw silk producer, with over 8,276 metric tons of raw silk produced. The Ramanagara district in Karnataka is the largest market for silk cocoons in Asia.

While India amounted to over 33 thousand metric tons of raw silk production in fiscal year 2021. Among the different types of silk produced in the country, the production volume of mulberry silk was the highest that year.