hand loom is an ancient art

1. HE ART OF HANDLOOM

2. What is a loom?
1. Loom is a device used to weave clothes.
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3. Based on the operation we classify them into two types
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4. 1. Handloom ->
5. in this majority of work being done by hands and legs.
6. This is an art from the ancestors.
7. There are wide verity of types of cloths and their design.
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9. 2.powerloom->
10. This requires less human involvement.

4. Manual operation in handloom
• While weaving only two method's
• 1.Fly Shuttling->> hand movements makes shuttle to pass through the gap in
between two segments of yarn threads.
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• 2.Peddling-> the movement of peddles creates a gap in b/w yarn threads.
That facilitate the shuttle to go through.
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• > By above two methods makes horizontal and vertical alignment of yarn
threads which in turn produces piece of cloth.

6. Handloom vs Powerloom
Handloom
• 1.Manual operation.
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• 2.less production.
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• 3.Low iinvestment
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• 4. High quality
Powerloom
• 1.Operated and run by electrical
power.
• 2. MoreLinvestment.
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• 3. High investment.
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• 4. Low quality.

7. Why handloom textiles lost its glory?
• 1.Before the start of industrial revolution weaver have license to weave 22
different kinds of garments.
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• 2. With the advent of industrial revolution power came into existence.
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• 3. People find easy to weave cloths on powerloom as there is involvement of
manual operation.
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• 4. With this Indian government restricted it to 7 types.
• Lungi,towels,blankets, bedsheets, sarees, chaddars,shawls,sarong.
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• 5. The cost of ingredients like dyes, yarn thread, equipments got hike.
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• 6 . proper steps not taken by government to encourage them. Like subsidies,

8. Why we should bring back the glory
of handloom industry?
1.It is not an occupation but it is an art.
2. It is handcraft.
3.Intellectual property.
Ex..->We come across big hoarding that written on it.
Kanchipuram saree, benaras saree,pochampally saree's available ,but no where it
is written that powerloom saree's are available.
This show how desire to buy and demand for it.
It is the 2nd largest industry after agriculture.( it is the livelihood of 13 lacks
people in India.

9. How to restore the glory of ancient
art?
• Creating an open market like farmers.
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• By loans and subsidies
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• By creating handloom clusters and textile parks.
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• By associating handlooms with N.I.F.T. for various fashion designs.
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• By giving special training in the field of designing textiles. We have IIHT in
Varanasi, odissa,chattisgarh,Karnataka ,Kerala, Rajasthan.

10. Initiatives taken by central or state government
to restore the glory of ancient art.
• As technology progress, we should not forget our roots.res
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• 1.central government declared 7th august as national handloom day.
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• 2.Telangna government initiative by sanctioning a india's biggest textile park to warrangal
near hanumakonda.(2000-3000 acres)
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• Previously we can see those parks in solapur, tirupur, Surat.
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• 3. Telangana government passed a rule that all government official should wear handloom fabrics on
every Monday.

11. Brand ambassador to promote
handloom textiles

13. Sources
• 1.The times of india.
• 2.Deccan herald
• 3.The Hindu
• 4. Economic times of India.
• 5.http://www.maulanaengineering.com/power-
loom-machine.htm