The artisan from all over India of the Orissa Art and Craft Samiti have come to Bhopal second time to exhibit their ethnic weaves and traditional pure silk and cotton products in order to start of the summer wedding season, and for the festival like Maha-shivratri and Holi, with the theme, Summer Wedding Collection.
The exhibition cum sale is open from March 9 to 17 from 11 am to 9 pm at the Ravishankar Community Hall, Bittan Market, Bhopal.
Silk Deszire of India 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.
More than 80 weavers are part of this year’s exhibition which includes gorgeous Uppadas, Banaras silks, Gadwals, Dharmavaram, Jamdanis, Jamawars and Paithani. From saris, dress materials, items of silk and cotton saree, suit dress material, fashion jewelry, home furnishing designer clothes from each region of the country, the exhibition provided shoppers with a kaleidoscope of India’s 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 1,50,000 variety of their work here.
The organiser of the Silk Dezire of India, Shreeniwas said that the main social objective of the handloom exhibition was to promote weavers and encourage and provide a market to the handloom industry. The organizer has conducted over 25 exhibitions from its inception in 15 cities across India.