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Handlooms and Textiles Minister S. Savitha felicitated 5 artisans, who precocious received nationalist awards from the President of India, astatine Srikalahasti successful Tirupati territory connected Saturday. Along with A.P. Government’s Handloom and Handicrafts Advisor Suchitra Ella and MLA Bojjala Sudheer Reddy, she besides distributed toolkits to 100 artisans from Madhavamala and Srikalahasti.
The recipients see Gorsa Santosh (National Award 2024 for Etikoppaka toys), D. Sivamma (Shilp Guru Award 2023 for leather puppet craft), P. Vijaya Lakshmi (National Handicraft Award 2023 for Kalamkari manus painting), Khande Anjanappa and Khande Harinath (both got Special Mention Award 2024 for leather puppetry craft)
During the twelvemonth 2025-26, Andhra Pradesh Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (APHDC) had received grant-in-aid for implementation of improved Toolkit Distribution Programme to artisans successful wood carving trade astatine Madhavamala (50 artisans) and Srikalahasti (50 artisans) nether National Handicrafts Development Programme (NHDP) – Skill Development successful Handicrafts sector.
APHDC Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Vishwa M. said, “This inaugural aims astatine promoting and preserving the State’s affluent handicraft traditions. The section artisans, who person the individuality cards issued by the Development Commissioner – Handicrafts, were selected for the organisation of improved toolkits worthy ₹10,000 per artisan nether this project.”
The APHDC besides provides regular selling enactment done 19 Lepakshi Emporiums, conducts grooming and method improvement programmes successful assorted clusters, and creates selling platforms by organising Gandhi Shilp Bazaars with the fiscal enactment of the DC (H). The toolkits see hand-operated tools, physics machines, and different accessories.
