Bengaluru: An exhibition on Karnataka’s weaving traditions, ‘Pampa: Textiles of Karnataka’, runs at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bengaluru until December 15, according to the organisers.
The show is open from 10 am to 6 pm daily, except on Mondays and public holidays, at Manikyavelu Mansion, 49 Palace Road, Vasanth Nagar.
A show with Union and state links
It is presented by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, the Union Ministry of Culture and the Abheraj Baldota Foundation.
The inauguration was set for November 1, with Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat named by the organisers to open it. MP Lahar Singh Siroya, Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh and Baldota Group chairman Narendra Kumar Baldota were listed as guests of honour.
Weaves from across Karnataka
Material released with the exhibition traces Ilkal sarees to the 7th-century Early Chalukya period and also highlights Mysore silk, Molakalmuru silk, Udupi, Charaka and Bangalore silk sarees.
It lists furnishing fabrics from Yadgir, Lambani textiles from Sandur and Kasuti from Dharwad. The revived Anekal saree is part of the exhibition, it says.
Weavers and proposals for the Centre
Karnataka has about 55,000 handloom weavers and 1.25 lakh powerloom weavers, the material says, citing the 2018 census. It describes the state’s new textile policy as a shift from welfare-oriented handloom development to a commercially sustainable, weaver-centric model.
It also calls for a national handloom revival mission with a pilot programme in Karnataka, a special fund for traditional weaves, regional design and innovation hubs, a national marketing and export programme, and stronger state handloom institutions.
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