Hyderabad, June 5 -- Telangana Minister for Agriculture, Marketing, Cooperation and Handlooms & Textiles Tummala Nageswara Rao on Friday said the handloom sector deserves credit for taking India's culture and traditions to the global stage.
The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the "Thread Pochampally" handloom exhibition organised at HITEX, Hyderabad, as part of the Telangana government's "Telangana Rising" initiative. The three-day exhibition will continue till June 7.
Tummala said Pochampally Ikat handloom art enjoys a unique identity and international recognition, and described the skills of local weavers as a matter of pride for Telangana.
He stressed the need to preserve and pass on the centuries-old handloom tradition to fu...