IT Handloom Mela to be held from Oct 16

The 16th edition of melas are being organised with the sole aim of furthering the cause of handlooms and motivate IT employees to wear handloom clothes at least once a week every Monday

Madhapur: The Telangana Facilities Management Council(TFMC) in association with the IT, E&C Department of Telangana and Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City, will organise a three-day IT Handloom Mela here at Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City at Inorbit Mall Road, Madhapur. It will be held for three days from October 16 to 18. IT professionals are urged to utilise this opportunity to buy Handloom Clothes and wear them every Monday.

The mela will feature Gadwal, Pochampally, Siddipet, Ikkat Pattu Sarees, Handicraft Products, Handloom Kurthas and many others. An initiative of TFMC, it is being organised as part of the series of IT Handloom Melas.

It is the 16th Edition. They are organised with the sole aim of furthering the cause of handlooms and motivate IT employees to wear handloom clothes at least once a week every Monday.

The mela which goes close to IT employees enable them to visit, explore and purchase handloom clothes and start wearing them every Monday. The response to the several melas organized in the last couple of years has been overwhelming.

There has always been a good response for the handloom clothes, informed Satyanarayana Mathala, the president of TFMC. Wearing Handloom clothes once a week every Monday goes a long way in protecting the art form and helping those dependent on it, he added.