The nine-day handloom product exhibition-cum-sale – Pochampally IKAT Art Mela 2016 – got underway on Friday.
The exhibition of handlooms and handloom products from Pochampally in Telangana was inaugurated by Tollywood actress Sarika Pavani at the Lions Club of Visakhapatnam at Ramnagar.
The actress appreciated the organisers for displaying handloom designer fabrics, silk and cotton sarees apart from some exclusive home textiles.
“By promoting handlooms, we support the artisans and local community who have been passing on their skills for generations. Promoting creativity and originality, each design is a result of individual artisan’s creativity,” director of Pochampally Handloom Park Lava Kumar and exhibition promoter Nagarjuna said in a statement issued here.
On display at the exhibition-cum-sale are products like handmade bed and home linen, dress materials, silk and cotton sarees by famous designers, stoles, scarves and sarees in silk and cotton, duppatas, table mats, covers, cotton shirts and kurtis and hand bags among others.
The exhibition is open to public from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
