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Ring in the season with decor

— Photo:R. Ashok

admirers: Visitors having a look at a crib at the Christmas and New Year handicrafts and handlooms exhibition at Poompuhar showroom in Tiruchi on Sunday.

TIRUCHI: Whether you wish to deck your halls for the Christmas season or ring in the New Year with a few original touches, the Christmas and New Year handicrafts and handloom exhibition, organised by the Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited at the Poompuhar showroom is definitely the place to begin with.

Christmas in most homes is incomplete without the nativity scene.

So those looking to replenish or replace those old figurines can do so without burning a hole in your pocket. And if you wish to go in for a whole new crib, choose from sets ranging between Rs.300-1000 replete with the traditional wise men of the east, shepherds, angels and the baby Jesus.

Rosewood replicas in various sizes of the ‘Last Supper' with inlaid panels are a major attraction. So is the array of brass and wooden candlesticks on display. Cloth wall hangings, white metal figurines, rosewood images of the Christ and Madonna and miniature models of Velankanni church are also eye-catching.

For those looking to brighten up your homes before the New Year, an eclectic range of sofa sets, curtains, carpets and rugs are there to choose from.

To tempt women is 100 square feet of imitation jewellery, birthstones, one gram gold jewellery and lacquer bangles. Add to that cotton and silk sarees priced between Rs.150 to Rs.4000.

From rosewood spoons at Rs.10 to a majestic bronze Mariamman idol priced at Rs.64, 000, the exhibition with 50 lakh worth of goods caters to a range of tastes and budgets. The showroom has recorded a sales of Rs.1 crore for the financial year ending 2009. K.Chidambaranathan, Manager of Poompuhar said the showroom has set a target of Rs.5 lakh for the year-end exhibition.

The exhibition was inaugurated by Marcus Deepan Boominathan, Principal, Bishop Heber College. The sale is on at Poompuhar showroom in Singarathope throughout the week except Sundays till January 1, 2011 between 10 a.m to 8 pm.

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