Crafting Change-Saalankrita Handloom House

Saalankrita is a house of handlooms started by Sunita in 2019 with an objective to support weavers earn their livelihood and to promote handlooms. She is currently working with 4 Gadwal weavers from the Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana. Known for their fine cotton woven body and silk pallu and border, woven separately and attached using the interweave technique, Gadwal sarees are a very popular variety of handloom sarees. Weavers are highly skilled and use a combination of traditional motifs like peacock, rudraksha etc. in designing them They usually come in cotton, SICO and silk and are suitable for bridal and occasional wear. Tradition has it that for Lord Venkateshwara at Tirupati , Bramhotsavam starts with a Gadwal pattu vastram every year.