Karnataka textile heritage

Two women harvesting white silk cocoons from a circular bamboo chandrike at a sericulture farm near Manchanabele, Karnataka

The Story of Mysore Silk

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What is the story of Mysore silk? The story of Mysore silk begins in the 1780s, when Tipu Sultan brought silkworm rearing to his kingdom, and reaches its royal peak in 1912, when Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV opened a silk … Read More

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