A Reveal-level handloom exhibition will seemingly be held at A.M. Mahal, Avalpoondurai Road, Chettipalayam, Erode, from December 30, 2025, to January 12, 2026.
District Collector S. Kandasamy, in a beginning, said that the exhibition is being organised by the Tamil Nadu Handlooms Department with monetary help from the Union Ministry of Textiles in connection with Pongal 2026. The exhibition aims to showcase and promote well-known handloom merchandise manufactured by weavers’ cooperative societies from assorted districts of the Reveal, along with decide out textile forms from loads of States. The expo will seemingly be open day-to-day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
A big differ of passe handloom merchandise will seemingly be on exhibit, including Chennimalai blankets, bedspreads, curtains and residential textiles; Bhavani Jamakkalam (GI-tagged); Kanchipuram, Thirubuvanam, Arani and Salem silk sarees; pure silk dhotis, angavastrams and shirting forms; Coimbatore Kora cotton sarees, Madurai Sungudi, Tirunelveli Chedi Butta, Paramakudi Pambar cotton, Dindigul tie-and-dye sarees, lungis, as effectively as silk sarees, dupattas, silk materials and printed sarees from loads of States.
As effectively as, handicrafts of Khadi and Village Industries Board, merchandise of ladies folks self-help groups, and Aavin milk merchandise would maybe also be exhibited. A 30% subsidy equipped by the Reveal government will seemingly be available on all handloom textiles equipped on the exhibition. The inaugural characteristic will seemingly be attended by Ministers, MLAs, senior officers of the Handlooms Department and native physique representatives. Entry is free, and the Collector has entreated the public to originate exhaust of the replacement to aquire handloom and handicraft merchandise.
Printed – December 25, 2025 05:50 pm IST
