“I was born and brought up here, and worked in the workshop right there where my father and grandfather worked,” said Ranzan Ali, 56, a Varanasi master silk weaver as he sat cross-legged in an ...

Varanasi: After ensuring trademark registration as 'Silk Banarasi' for international branding of Banarasi saris, the Uttar Pradesh State Sericulture C.

In this photograph taken on April 22, 2014 Indian weaver Sardar Haji Hafizullah ... was laid to rest veiled in a brocade of silk hand-woven in India's Varanasi, according to local legend.

Varanasi: Shiwajatan Rajbhar spends his days weaving golden and silver flowers across exquisite silk saris on a rickety ... Tuberculosis is also common. The weaver parents of Iqbal Khan, 15 ...

“After Covid, growth in tourism revived silk products ... generation of the President awardee master weaver family in Peeli Kothi area of Varanasi. “Also inflated electricity bills of the ...

The golden motifs and shimmering silk often eclipses the perennial ... ever survey on prevalence of TB in weaver’s community. The survey began in Varanasi here on Monday and would cover weaver ...

A transformative visit to Varanasi inspired Nishant Malhotra to ... the collection features the finest silk velvet, known for its plush texture and natural sheen. “We’ve carefully chosen ...

a Varanasi native. Even the livelihoods of Hindus and Muslims are intertwined. In the handlooms of the famous Banaras silk sarees, weavers are mostly Muslim whereas clients and wholesalers are ...