Telangana to celebrate National Handloom Day on Aug 7

National Handloom Day would be celebrated across the State to create awareness on handloom products, promote the industry and extend support to weavers.

Speaking to presspersons here on Friday, Director for Handlooms and Textiles, Shailaja Ramaiyer said that district Collectors would be organising handloom walk, rallies, exhibition of handloom products and felicitate eminent weavers in their respective districts. A quiz on handloom industry to create awareness among the students



would also be conducted, she said.

“In Hyderabad, a Handloom Walk will be held from NTR Gardens to People’s Plaza, Necklace Road on August 7 and an exhibition ‘Chenetha Sambaralu’ will be inaugurated by Textiles Minister K T Rama Rao,” she said. The exhibition would display the products from members of Primary Handloom Weavers, Cooperative Societies, Handloom Clusters, Master Weavers, NGOs and budding designers engaged in handloom cloth production.