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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.
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 city is called as Silk city of Andhra Pradesh. Dharmavaram is famous for Handloom Weavers, Saree Designs, Jacquard designs, Silk Extraction from Silkworm Cacoons, Dyeing and it is fully populated by maximum weavers and by developing technology makes changes by producing various types of machine equipment emerging for weavers to weave ...
The Textile Policy 1985 emphasized the promotion of handloom garments. 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 ...
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 ...
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.
He has participated in several handloom exhibitions such as Suraj Kund Mela held at Haryana in Feb 1990, Pravinya Exhibition organized by Crafts Council of Andhra Pradesh in September 1991, An exhibition and seminar on Handlooms/Handicrafts conducted by Annalaxmi National Museum in Singapore on two occasions i.e. on 18 December 2003 and 26 ...
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board; Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society; C. Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuddapah; D.