The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Much on offer at Gujarat handicrafts exhibition

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Monday, Feb 19, 2007
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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Much on offer at Gujarat handicrafts exhibition

Staff Reporter

Bandhini, jewellery and beadwork on display

COLOURS OF GUJARAT: A customer weighs her options at the crafts expo at Sankara Hall. — Photo: K.V. Srinivasan

CHENNAI: The Gujarat Handloom and Handicraft exhibition on at Sankara Hall, Alwarpet, has much to offer for the discerning looking to replenish their wardrobe and home décor items.

The Gujarat State Handloom, Handicrafts and Industrial Cooperatives Federation, that has 12 emporiums all over the country, has displayed gold and silver jewellery, beadwork, puppets and leather and embroidery.

A combination of printing with mordant dying is typical of the technique in many parts of Gujarat. Similarly, Bandhini, or tie and dye, is a fabric reminiscent of youth, romance and true love. The most intricate and refined Bandhini is made in Saurashtra and Kachichii. The exhibition is on till February 22.

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