The sari is known for its typical checkered patterns, earthen colours, contrasting borders and the way it is often draped. The sari is known for its typical checkered patterns, earthen colours, ...

In a rented apartment on Alangudiyar Street in Karaikudi, Sivaganga district, where the Amarar Rajeev Gandhi Handloom Weavers Cooperative Production and Sales Society Limited has its office, the mood ...

Will granting the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to two iconic, but dying products from Tamil Nadu be able to revive them? The products — the Dindigul lock and the Kandangi saree — were given the GI ...

MADURAI: The members of the 61-year-old Dindigul Lock, Hardware and Steel Furniture Workers Co-operative Society and the skilled weavers of the Kandangi sarees of Karaikudi are in high spirits after ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/tamil-nadu-to-help-weavers-of-kandangi-sarees/article23104284.ece Copy Seeking to give a push to the production of ...

Chennai: The Geographical Indication Registry of India is all set to accord two GI tags to the Tamil Nadu for Dindigul lock and Kandangi sarees. The coveted status would be issued on Thursday, said ...

Chennai: Ancient saree varieties of Tamil Nadu like Kandangi, Sungudi, Chinnalampatti and Koorai Nadu that were popular decades ago are all set for a comeback with state-run Cooptex set to launch a ...

Ancient saree varieties of Tamil Nadu like Kandangi, Sungudi, Chinnalampatti and Koorai Nadu that were popular decades ago are all set for a comeback with state-run Cooptex set to launch a revival ...

While the lock-making industry in Dindigul is said to be over 150 years old, the Amrar Rajiv Gandhi Handloom Weavers submitted that Karaikudi is the home for products like the Kandangi sarees. The ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/after-6-year-wait-dindigul-locks-kandangi-sarees-enter-gi-registry/article27060407.ece Copy Six years after ...