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Operating as a two-tiered system with village and state level handloom weavers cooperatives, APCO seeks to preserve the artistic heritage of handloom artisanship by increasing the economic viability of producing traditional silk and cotton weaves. The organisation owns a number of shopping outlets in Andhra Pradesh.
Dharmavaram is a city in Sri Sathya Sai District of the Andhra Pradesh state of Indian country. It is mandal and divisional headquarters of Dharmavaram mandal and Dharmavaram revenue division respectively. [3] The city is known for its handloom silk sarees. The city is renowned for cotton, silk weaving industries and leather puppets. [4]
Dharmavaram handloom pattu sarees and paavadas are textiles woven by hand with mulberry silk and zari. [1] They are made in Dharmavaram of Anantapur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was registered as one of the geographical indication from Andhra Pradesh by Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act ...
Lepakshi Handicrafts is a unit of Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd. which is an agency of Government of Andhra Pradesh established in 1982 to develop, preserve and promote the tradition of craftsmanship in Andhra Pradesh.
The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society Limited (Co-optex) 1935: Chennai: Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi: Purchase & Supply of Yarns to Co-operative societies, Procurement & Marketing of Products from Co-operative societies: Co-operative society: www.cooptex.com: 2: Tamil Nadu Handloom Development Corporation Limited ...
Andhra Pradesh is said to be the home of 359,212 weaver families who work in primary cooperative handloom societies. Primary Handloom Weavers Cooperatives (PHWCS) [15] includes weavers within certain specific geographical limits and provides production work to the members. The cooperatives also ensure that the weavers receive fair wages and ...
Mangalagiri sarees and fabrics are produced by performing handicraft weaving in Mangalagiri, a town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [1] It was registered as one of the handicrafts in the geographical indication from Andhra Pradesh by Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
Devanga (also known as Lingayat Devanga, Devanga Shetty, Devanga Chettiar) [1] [2] [3] is a Hindu caste from South India that traditionally followed the occupation of textile merchandise, weaving and farming [2] mostly found in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.