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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...