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Staff displaying Woraiyur fabric saris astatine the Woraiyur Devanga Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society successful Tiruchi. | Photo Credit: File Picture NAHLA NAINAR
The request for khadi and handloom textiles has shown a dependable summation implicit the years arsenic these sectors are coming up with products to pull a younger clientele, particularly successful Tier II cities specified arsenic Tiruchi, officials person said.
“Khadi relies connected hand-spun yarn and the manufacturing process is labour-intensive. As specified the products are costlier than handloom fabrics. Even so, those who admit sustainable covering and the Khadi bequest successful India, are precise keen to bargain apparel and location furnishings made by the accepted weavers, particularly during the Pongal festival,” a elder authoritative from the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) told The Hindu on Tuesday.
KVIC, a statutory assemblage nether the administrative power of the cardinal Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, precocious organised a 10-day accumulation of textiles and colony manufacture products successful Tiruchi that drew a bully effect from the public.
Participating stalls managed to ringing up income of ₹1 crore, and besides garnered a sizeable fig of orders for the upcoming years, said the official. “There are 73 Khadi institutions functioning successful Tamil Nadu. Khadi goods worthy ₹228.64 crore were produced during the twelvemonth 2024-2025,” helium said.
Handloom products, woven utilizing machine-spun yarn, person besides seen a dependable emergence successful request successful the past year.
According to authoritative data, the Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Cooperative Society (Co-optex) successful Tiruchi produced 10,828 fabric saris worthy ₹131.64 lakh up to December 2025, and volition beryllium manufacturing 14,100 fabric saris worthy ₹175.96 lakh from April 2025 to March 2026.
“The past twelvemonth has been rather affirmative for us. The Woraiyur fabric sari was granted a geographical denotation (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry successful December, and successful general, income person received a boost during the year-end festival season. We are readying to make much innovative designs and eye-catching colour combinations to entreaty to young wearers,” T. Ravikumar, Assistant Director of Handlooms, Tiruchi, said.
