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  2. Habaspuri sari - Wikipedia

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    A Habaspuri sari. Habaspuri (Odia pronunciation: [habɔsɔpuɾi]) is a cotton-based traditional handloom textiles of Odisha, India. Habaspuri sari is a major product of this textile.

  3. National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum - Wikipedia

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    Terracotta shrine figure of Aiyanar, who is a male village guardian deity. The Crafts Museum was established in 1956 by the now defunct All India Handicrafts Board. [4] It was set up over a period of 30 years starting in the 1950s and 60s by the efforts of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, when the area was envisaged as an ethnographic space where craftsmen from various parts of India would come in to ...

  4. Department of Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi

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    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

  5. Mau district - Wikipedia

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    Mau district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Mau town is the district headquarters which is also one of the few remaining areas of handloom saree production in eastern Uttar Pradesh, specializing in Sadiya silk sarees. [1] Mau was carved out as a separate district from Azamgarh on 19 November 1988.

  6. Shantipur Handloom Industry - Wikipedia

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    Shantipur had about 1,200 handlooms during the Swadeshi movement organized to oppose the partition of Bengal or Bang-Bhang. 1906 AD to 1915 AD was the period of revival of Shantipur weaving industry. however, the First World War interrupted progress. [26] Shantipur Handloom Industry has seen huge changes since the 1920s.

  7. Handloom sari - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. One District One Product (Uttar Pradesh) - Wikipedia

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    One District One Product - Uttar Pradesh (ODOP-UP) is an initiative by the Government of Uttar Pradesh [1] to encourage state's domestic production of various handicrafts, readymade clothes, leather products etc.

  9. Mekhela Sador - Wikipedia

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    The bottom portion, draped from the waist downwards, is called the mekhela. It is a wide cylindrical piece cloth that is folded into one or two pleats to fit around the waist and tucked in.