by greenand | Jun 23, 2019 | news articles
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...
by greenand | Jun 22, 2019 | news articles
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...
by greenand | Mar 26, 2019 | news articles
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...
by greenand | Nov 11, 2018 | news articles
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....
