10-day handloom exhibition begins in Coimbatore
A 10-day handloom exhibition has been inaugurated in Coimbatore to promote traditional Indian textiles and support local weavers. The event features stalls from across the country and includes the distribution of welfare assistance and equipment to the weaving community.
Why it matters
The exhibition highlights government efforts to preserve traditional crafts and provide economic support to the handloom sector.
Minister for Handlooms and Textiles M. Vijay Balaji inaugurated “The Grand India Dusshera Diwali Handloom Mahotsav” and sale at Ramalakshmi Mahal on Avinashi Road in Coimbatore city on Tuesday, and distributed welfare assistance to weavers. Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar presided.
Organised by the Weavers Service Centre, Salem, under the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Union Ministry of Textiles, the 10-day event will run till October 22. It has 60 stalls with handloom products from across the country, including Kancheepuram silk, Pochampally, Patola, Paithani, Banarasi and Bomkai sarees, shawls, chaddars, carpets and dress materials.
Twenty-four weavers received equipment at 90% subsidy under the National Handloom Development Programme: one electronic jacquard and 23 motorised jacquard lifting machines. Three award-winning weavers were given certificates for a monthly pension of ₹8,000, and four weavers for financial assistance of up to ₹2 lakh a year per child for textile education.
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