A display of handlooms

All set for the inauguration of Handloom and Textiles expo to be held at the Seshasai Kalyana Mandapam from July 12 to 26. Weavers and handloom societies from AP, Gujarat, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India will take part in the 15-day exhibition.

Joint Director of Andhra Pradesh handlooms and textiles A Murali Krishna, speaking to reporters at the Seshasai kalyana mandapam on Tuesday said 80 stalls were installed at the national expo. Sarees, dresses, bed sheets, garments and many other handloom and textile products and handicrafts will be sold at the Exhibition. Minister for transport, BC welfare, handlooms and Textile K Achennaidu will inaugurate the expo at 11am.

Joint Director Murali Krishna said the department has been conducting the exhibition in Vijayawada city for the last 15 years and called upon the people to visit the exhibition. He said attractive sarees of Pochampalli, Dharmavaram, Gadwal, Madhavaram, Mangalagiri, Uppada and other places will be sold at the handloom exhibition. The Joint Director Murali Krishna along with other officials released the poster to mark the occasion.