Mayor opens handicrafts exhibition

Vijayawada: Mayor Koneru Sridhar called upon the people to encourage handicrafts and weavers by buying those products. The mayor was the chief guest at the Handicraft and Weavers Exhibition organised by Kalanjali Arts and Crafts Exhibition which was arranged at Bishop Azaraiah High School on Wednesday.

He inaugurated the exhibition and said that the government would support the handicrafts and weavers. He visited stalls displaying Etikoppala toys and Kondapalli toys and spoke to the workers and encouraged them. About 40 stalls were set up at the exhibition.

Kalanjali Arts and Crafts Exhibition organiser N Srinivas said that Kalankari, Mangalagiri, Gadwal sarees, Lucknow Chicken work sarees, Jaipur bed sheets, Warangal towels, Kashmiri Tops, Bengali cotton, Beneras sarees, Tamil Nadu Bed Sheets weaving products stalls were arranged in the exhibition.

The other attractions were Hyderabadi pearls, Jaipur Chappals, Sarangpur wood products, leather products, Rajastini Bangles, imitation jewellery and other household articles. Visitors can come to the exhibition between 10 am to 9 pm till February 28, the organisers said.