Ten-day SARAS exhibition in Coimbatore showcases women self-help groups products

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District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar (second left) and Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar (second right) visiting a stall astatine  the SARAS accumulation  successful  Coimbatore connected  Tuesday.

District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar (second left) and Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar (second right) visiting a stall astatine the SARAS accumulation successful Coimbatore connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M

The 10-day SARAS (Sale of Articles of Rural Artisans Society) accumulation is nether mode astatine the Codissia Trade Fair Complex successful Coimbatore city, showcasing products crafted by self-help groups (SHGs) from Tamil Nadu and different States.

The event, organised by the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, was inaugurated by Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar and District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar connected Tuesday.

The accumulation features 172 stalls, including 10 from States specified arsenic Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Bihar, Puducherry, and Kerala; 113 stalls from women groups crossed different districts successful Tamil Nadu; 10 stalls from different departments; and 39 stalls from women self-help groups of Coimbatore district.

Products connected show see handicrafts, textiles, nutrient items, idiosyncratic attraction and household products, and determination specialties from Tamil Nadu. Handicrafts diagnostic woody items, Thanjavur dolls, solid paintings, clay items, and thenar leafage products.

Speaking astatine the event, Mr. Giriyappanavar said the government, done the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, supports SHGs successful achieving economical development. The accumulation offers members an accidental to showcase products, speech ideas, and present innovative items. He added that grooming sessions connected selling and related topics volition beryllium conducted during the accumulation to assistance women heighten their concern skills.

Mr. Rajkumar noted that slope recognition enactment and exhibitions similar SARAS alteration SHGs to merchantability their products and amended livelihoods. He urged the nationalist to sojourn the accumulation and enactment the women by purchasing their products.

The exhibition, moving until January 1, 2026, is unfastened regular from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. astatine Codissia D Hall, with escaped entry.

Published - December 23, 2025 06:30 p.m. IST

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