Date:02/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010250370200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

Now, handloom silk saris at 10 per cent discount

Special Correspondent

Exhibition open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. till January 9

PHOTO: R. M. RAJARATHINAM

ENCHANTING: A view of the district handlooms exhibition in Tiruchi. —

TIRUCHI: A sales target of Rs.30 lakh has been fixed for the district-level handlooms exhibition which opened in the city on Friday.

An array of cotton and silk fabrics produced by various handloom cooperative societies of the State are on display.

A festival discount of 30 per cent will be on offer for cotton fabrics and 10 per cent for silk.

Handlooms Department officials said silk saris from Kancheepuram, Tirupuvanam and other centres, cotton saris from Woraiyur, Chinnalapatti and Coimbatore and Sungudi saris were also available at the fair. Bedspreads, pillow covers, and furnishing material from Erode and Chennimalai and lungis from Kurunjipadi were also on display.

District Revenue Officer Sri Venkata Priya inaugurated the exhibition in the presence of S.Padmavathi, Assistant Director, Handlooms, Tiruchi.

The 15-day exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Thevar Hall in the City till January 9.