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Colours of India — silk yarn waiting to be made into sarees, Kanchipuram. In India, about 97% of the raw mulberry silk is produced in the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. [1] Mysore and North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a US$20 million "Silk City", contribute to a majority of silk production. [2]
M. longifolia in Hyderabad, India. The leaves of Madhuca indica (= M. longifolia) are fed on by the moth Antheraea paphia, which produces tassar silk, a form of wild silk of commercial importance in India. [5] Leaves, flowers and fruits are also lopped to feed goats and sheep. [6] The seed oil of 'Madhuca indica' can be utilize to synthesize ...
Kausheya (kauseya, [1] [2] Kiau-she-ye, [3] Kaushika [4]) was a wild variety of ancient silk from India. Domesticated and undomesticated silk (also known as wild silk) were produced in both India and China. [5]: 9 Silk weaving is mentioned in Indian texts from the 3rd century BC.
Tussore silk sarees from Phulia, Nadia, India. Tussar silk (alternatively spelled as tussah, tushar, tassar, [1] tussore, tasar, tussur, or tusser, and also known as (Sanskrit) kosa silk) is produced from larvae of several species of silkworms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea, including A. assamensis, A. paphia, A. pernyi, A. roylei, and A. yamamai.
India is the second largest silk producer (18% of the world's silk production) of world after China (70% of the global silk production and 90% of the world's silk exports). There are mainly four types of silk varieties produced by different species of silkworms namely Mulberry, Eri, Muga, Tropical Tasar and Temperate Tasar.
East India Leather: Manufactured Tamil Nadu: 2007–08 59 94 Salem Venpattu: Handicraft Tamil Nadu: 2007–08 60 93 Kovai Kora cotton sarees: Handicraft Tamil Nadu: 2007–08 61 92 Arani Silk: Handicraft Tamil Nadu: 2007–08 62 83 Bastar Dhokra: Handicraft Chhattisgarh: 2008–09 63 84 Bastar Wooden Craft: Handicraft Chhattisgarh: 2008–09 64 ...
Muga silk is a variety of wild silk geographically tagged [1] to the state of Assam in India. The silk is known for its extreme durability and has a natural yellowish-golden tint [2] with a shimmering, glossy texture. [3] It was previously reserved for the use of royalty.
It is native to China and India and is widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere. The white mulberry is widely cultivated to feed the silkworms employed in the commercial production of silk. It is also notable for the rapid release of its pollen, which is launched at greater than half the speed of sound. Its berries are edible when ripe.