Dakshinachitra
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Near Chennai, this village of reconstructed houses typical of southern India, hosts Muslim silk-mat weavers, who practice and sell their craft.
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From Travel + Leisure , DEC 2006
In an alley off the busy streets of Mumbai is the workroom of textile designer Bela Shanghvi. As president of the Craft Council of Maharashtra and consultant to the Indian government on development projects for weavers, she has traveled extensively throughout the country and has a sense of India's rich textile tradition, which goes back more than 3,000 years...MORE>>
Last updated December 2006
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