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Udupi sari wait for nod to use GI tag

Udupi sari wait for nod to use GI tag

MANGALURU: Having a Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the government helps products fetch better price and no other producer can misuse the name to market similar goods. It has been almost a year since attempts were being made to revive the traditional Udupi...

Weaves from the temple town

Weaves from the temple town

Handlooms are an eternal component of the cultural heritage of the country. The aesthetic symbolism hidden in the beauty of the spun yarn is, in fact, the ultimate embodiment of the cultural aroma of traditional society. The element of art and craft present in the...

Handloom saris produced with natural dyes hit the market

Handloom saris produced with natural dyes hit the market

The Kadike Trust, Karkala, and the Charaka Women’s Cooperative Society, Bheemanakone, have joined hands to popularise the Udupi handloom sari, which obtained the Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 2016. Prasanna, head of the Charaka Society, released the Udupi sari...

Udupi saree revivalists live to dye another day

Udupi saree revivalists live to dye another day

As power-looms pushed handloom weavers out of the business, India lost much of its heritage fabrics. The sarees were the first to fall, with many regional handloom weaves quietly erased from public memory. In Karnataka, the Udupi sarees had an almost similar fate....