India has for long been a centre of handlooms. Every corner of the land has a distinct handloom culture. Most of these have been handed down through generations, adding along on the ways some elements of modernity and change, but for most parts retaining their ageold ways and specialities. Andhra Pradesha and Telanga too have their own regional specialities in handlooms. This presentation is an attempt to give an idea of what contstitutes 'handlooms'. It also lists out the various handlooms from the two Telugu states like Mangalagiri, Ikkat, Pochempally, Venkatagiri, Dharmavaram, Uppada, Gadwal and so on. A more detailed discription of the Khadi cloth (Khaddar as it is locally known) from the Telugu lands, specifically the Ponduru Khaddar is also given. It is said that even Mahathma Gandhi had a great fondness for Khadi from Ponduru.

Timanana Dhanalakshmi

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