August 7 Handloom Day celebrations TAS | Telugu All Singapore | Travel Telangana
చేనేత దినోత్సవం | August 7 Handloom Day celebrations TAS | Telugu All Singapore | Travel Telangana
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Singer : Rahman
Writer : Dandamudi SriCharan
Supported by TAS(Telugu All Singapore)
The National Handloom Day is observed on August 7 every year in India. On this day, the government and other organisations honour the handloom weaving community for their immense contribution to the socio-economic development of the country.
The Department of Handlooms and Textiles is concerned with Handlooms, Powerlooms in the Co-operative and decentralized sector and setting up of Apparel and Textile Parks in the Garment sector.
Telangana is one of the important States in the Handloom Industry. There are about 82,435 handloom weavers in cooperative fold and 32,002 in outside cooperative fold. There are about 33,829 Powerlooms working in the State
There are 615 Weavers Cooperative Societies in the State consisting of Cotton-259, Silk-33, and Wool-44. Besides this, there are 157- Powerlooms and Garments/Tailors-122 other societies. There is one Apex society i.e. APCO for marketing the handloom products.
Several Centrally Sponsored Schemes as well as State Schemes are being implemented for the socio-economic development of Handloom Weavers in Telangana including schemes with matching share of Central and State Government.
Telugu states Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are famous for handloom sarees. Narayanapeta and Gadwal Sarees in Mahaboobnagar Dist. Venkatagiri Sarees, Uppada pattu sarees, Pocham pally sarees, Ikkat sarees.
Some of the famous places in Telangana state are: Charminar, Golkonda fort, Chowmahalla palace, Falaknuma palace, Warangal fort, Ramappa temple, Ramoji film city Hyderabad, Sandhi temple, Yadagiri gutta, Vemulawada, Ananthagiri hills, Nagarjuna sagar dam, Srisailam dam temple, Laknavaram lake, Bogatha water falls, Ramappa lake, Kakatiya dynasty, Medak church, Jogulamba temple, Sammakka Sarakka Jathara, Bathukamma festival, Tank bund, Hussain sagar, Birla temple, Neklace road, Hitech city, Chilukoor balaji temple, Hyderabad Biryani etc.