Pochampally Ikat - Excerpts from conversation with Padma Shri Mr. Govardhan

What comes to your mind when we ask you to name a few ancient fabrics of our country? You would say cotton, wool, silk are the closest to our roots. But what about the artery that is still obscure to the world. The designs and work that transform that plain fabric into a notable work of art.  Earlier people used to only acknowledge a cloth by its fabric and not by its craft, but now they have started inclining towards handicraft and small textile industry crafts, to consider it.

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