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Dattawadi is a village in Mulshi taluka [1] of Pune District in the state of Maharashtra, India. Talukas surrounding the village are Karjat taluka, Talegaon Dabhade Taluka, Mawal taluka and by Khalapur taluka. Districts closest to the village are Raigad district, Thane district, Mumbai City district and Mumbai Suburban district.
Shantipur Handloom Industry, also known Shantipur Handloom Cluster, [1] [2] is a handloom weaving industry in Nadia district of West Bengal. It is one of the foremost handloom centers of India. This handloom industry is world famous for the production of cotton Sari. The two main centers of this industrial zone are Shantipur and Phulia.
The state has the third highest number of handlooms and the highest number of handloom weavers in co-operative units. The department of handlooms is responsible for ensuring the sustainability of the weavers by facilitating raw materials for production, infrastructure support, marketing and sales of finished goods through Co-optex. [13] Powerloom
There are 79 heritage structures designated as Grade I in the Pune Municipal Corporation heritage list. List of Grade I heritage structures Name Image Location Notes Agakhan Palace Complex (Kasturba Gandhi Samadhi and Grounds) Nagar Road, Yerawada Pune 18°33′09″N 73°54′05″E / 18.55240°N 73.90152°E / 18.55240; 73.90152 Ahilyabai Holkar Ghat, Sangmeshwar Temple & other ...
It is produced in the Shantipur city and surrounding area of Nadia district, West Bengal. Shantipuri handloom sari (or fabrics) is famous for the novelty of designs, hand spinning method with extra weft, different color patterns and the thin finesse of the fabric. The fine Shantipuri sari is a highly demanded commodity all over the world. [1]
Habaspuri handloom is named after the village of Habaspur in Kalahandi district where it was originally woven by the Kandha Tribe during 19th CE.When dynastic rule ends,tribal people stopped making sarees but the saree was revived by a weaver named Ugrasen Meher in Chicheguda.
The handloom sector plays a vital role in India's economy. It is responsible for nearly 22% [14] of the cloth produced in the country. The handloom sector is the second largest economic activity after agriculture, employing nearly 30 lakh (three hundred thousand) weavers and 4.33 million people in all, according to the Handloom Census of 2009 ...