In an endeavour to promote the Indian weaving craft and to showcase saris, dress materials and accessories from one of the rich weaving craft centres of India, Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India limited, a Government of India undertaking, Ministry of Textiles, is organising an exhibition cum sale of exclusive handwoven banarasi saris at the Handloom Marketing Complex. It was inaugurated by Alok Kumar, IAS, development commissioner, Ministry of Textiles.
Exclusive varieties of the saris are jangla, tanchoi, vaskat, cutwork, tissue, and butidar which are made of silk warp and silk weft, on plain/satian ground base, brocaded with extra weft patterns in different layouts introducing butis, bells, creepers, buttas in ground, border and anchal for getting attractive and stylish appearance. The exhibition showcases Banaras saris in cottons, silk cutwork, kadua buti, jangla buti, organza jaal, georgette, tanchoi, brocade, shikargarh, kota with zari border buta and silk dress material amongst many other products.