In view of a huge presence of international and national visitors in the city now, the Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board inaugurated a special Khadi exhibition, “Khadi Haat”, at Janpath here on Friday.
The Haat would continue till completion of the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup (HWC) on December 16. The main objective of the haat is to make weavers’ Khadi and handloom products reach national and international visitors, who have now gathered in the city for the HWC.
About 25 Khadi societies and units are participating in the exhibition. Silk Patta sarees of different designs like Maniabandhi, Sambalpuri, Nuapatna Khandua, Nabarangi, Tarabali, Pasapali and Bichitrapuri and tassar Khadi products, Kotpad design products, cotton Khadi garments and clothes, both for men and women, are being exhibited and sold. Stalls of Khadi spinning using traditional ‘Kisan Charkha’, ‘Nua Charkha’ and Khadi weaving using traditional looms have been put to attract visitors.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Sports, Youth Services and Electronics and Information Technology Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera in the presence of OK and VI Board President Tejeswar Parida, Secretary Saroj Kumar Patel and Indian Bank Zonal Manager Sashi Bhusan Das.