Walk through the narrow lanes of the silk weaving neighborhood ... their craft in Varanasi for about 100 years. It’s a similar story for most weavers here. The community is mostly Muslim ...

VARANASI, India, Oct 4 (Reuters) - In the narrow lanes of the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi, the centre of a famed silk-weaving industry, there's little sign of the nascent economic recovery ...

It seems like a counterintuitive idea: help a desperately poor community ... in India. Varanasi, in India’s northeastern state of Uttar Pradesh has been famous for its silk-weaving artisans ...

Varanasi: After ensuring trademark registration as 'Silk Banarasi' for international ... Information about the sari, such as its design pattern, weaving style and historical significance, will ...

"Since the Vedic period, Varanasi has been a prominent center for the silk weaving industry," said Mehra. Banarasi textiles, that peaked during emperor Akbar's era, graced the wardrobes of Indian ...