Silk India exhibition begins in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar(23/08/2024): The artisans from all over India of the Orissa Art and Craft Samiti have come together to exhibit their ethnic weaves and traditional pure silk and cotton products in Bhubaneswar.
Their objective is to cater to the demand of the festival season with the theme, "Silk India Wedding Collection".
The Orissa Art and Craft Committee founded by a group of artisans, designers, social activists, academics and environmentalists, attempts to promote exquisite traditional skill, cotton and creations of the weavers and encouraging them to be contemporary and economically relevant.
The exhibition cum sale will continue from August 23 to 31, 2024 from 10.30 am to 8:30 pm at the The New Marrion, Janpath, Opposite to Ram Mandir, Bhubaneswar.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Odia actress Sivani Sangita. Weavers from the various states are part of the exhibition which includes gorgeous Uppadas, Banarasi silks, Gadwals, Dharmavaram, Jamdanis, Jamawars and Sambalpuris.
From saris, dress materials, items of silk & cotton saree, suit dress material, fashion jewelry and home furnishing designer clothes from the each region of the country.
The exhibition provides the shoppers with a kaleidoscope of Indias color, diversity and talent.
Artisans from 14 handloom weaving States including Assam, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal and many designers from metros working in collaboration with the weavers are displaying more than 50,000 variety of their work here.
The organizer of Silk India Wedding Collection, Manas Acharya said, "The main social objective of the handloom exhibition is to promote weavers and encourage, and provide a market to the handloom industry.
Through these exhibitions, we have been able to create good market for the weavers and their handloom woven ware, even in places where exhibitions are not feasible." The motive is to make available pure silk and cotton products direct from weavers to costumers without any merchant, he added.
The cotton and silk handloom products on display have a range between Rs.500 and Rs.150,000 at the upper end for exclusive hand crafted sarees.
Dokra Tribal Jewelry and Channapatna toys are also catching the attention of the customers.
Coimbatore silk, Muga silk from Assam, Bangalore silk, crepe & georgette saree, raw silk material from Karnataka.
kalamkari, pochampally, mangalgiri dress material, upada, gadwal, dharmawaram, Organza Silk Saree, pure silk zari saree from Andhra Pradesh, tassar, kantha, bhagalpur silk dress material, block handprint, khadi silk and cotton dress material from Bihar, kosa silk saree, ghicha silk saree, mulbery raw silk, block printed silk saree from Chhattisgarh.
bandhani, patola, kutch embroidery, Gujarati mirror work & designer kurti from Gujarat, Tabbi silk saree, pashmina shawls, chinan silk saree from Jammu & Kashmir, Bomkai, Sambalpur from Odisha, bandhej, bandhni silk saree, Jaipur kurti, block prints, sanganeri prints, kota doria Jaipuri Rajai and bedsheet from Rajasthan, tanchoi, Banarasi jamdani, jamavar, jamdani, brocket dress material, lakhnavi chikan from Uttar Pradesh, Shanti Niketan, kantha saree, designer saree, baluchari, neemzari saree, printed saree, dhakai jamdani from West Bengal and jari paithani saree from Maharashtra are major collections available at the exhibition.
