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1. Kodiyala, over 20 kilometres from historical town of Srirangapatna that was once ruled
by Tippu Sultan.
 What makes this village unique is the fact that the
weavers of Kodiyala wove the clothes for the royal families
of Mysore, Tippu Sultan ,political leaders etc.
Kodiyala Village Weavers Community
This village is a home to hundreds of ‘Padmashalis’, a
Telugu-speaking weaver community known to have migrated
from Andhra Pradesh hundreds of years back.
The entire village is a tightly woven network of weavers’
community and every household indulging in one or the
other form of weaving — handloom to powerloom or from
cotton to silk. Kodiyala sarees and dhotis are in great
demand in local as well as global market. Of the 400 families
that currently reside in the little hamlet, barely one percent
works with handlooms.
Location and History
About the people
At Kodiyala, there are over 250 ‘Padmashali’ families
continuing their family legacy.
The major patrons of Kodiyala Weaving were Tipu Sultan,
Wodeyars, Indira Gandhi, S M Krishna

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1. Govindaraju, who is known as ‘Kodiyala Gandhi,’ says that soft
yarns are processed naturally without any chemical treatment.
He still works on handloom and he has been doing this since 38
years.
At the centre of the village is ‘Kambada Mane’ (pillared house)
that is a wholesale-cum-retail unit for silk sarees where
products are sold directly from weavers to customers.
2. Shri Basavarajus owner of a traditional pit loom Shri Basavarajus’ traditional pit loom