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Jaipur, August 11 (HS). The Heritage to Development Festival organized by Jawahar Kala Kendra under the National Handloom Festival started on Sunday. The Center's Additional Director General Priyanka Jodhawat inaugurated the program by lighting a lamp. While the heritage of handloom has been preserved in this program being curated by Raghukul Trust, the words of saints like Kabir and Namdev also resonated in the melodious voice of Rama Sundaram.
Alankar Gallery which is witnessing the Timeless Textile Exhibition has been transformed into a museum for the next three days. The clothes popular in the olden times which have now become heritage have been collected from different parts of the country and displayed here. As soon as you enter the exhibition, your eyes get stuck on the different types of hand blocks. The attractive silk sarees of different states waving in the wind attract everyone's attention. These include Moga Silk of Assam, Banarasi Jamewar Silk, Tanchoi Satin Silk, Pochampalli sarees of Andhra Pradesh etc. Embroidery popular in Punjab, Chamba, Kutch, Chikankari of Lucknow, Zardosi work on velvet, yellow odhna made in 1920, Banarasi Achkan of UP made in 1900, heritage handlooms like zari, bandhej, lehariya will be seen here.
Rajasthan's clothes are bringing life to the exhibition
Original prints of Raja Ravi Varma, textiles popular in Jaisalmer, Barmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Pachewar regions of Rajasthan, special Kota Doria saree from Kota, Kantha work from West Bengal depicting Lanka Dahan and Mahishasura Mardini, Kalamkari from Andhra Pradesh depicts dancing Ganesha on cloth.
Festival curator Sadhana Garg said that this is an attempt to revive the ancient tradition. Collectors like Vijendra Bansal, Roopi Minhaj, Swarn Singh Khanuja, Brajbhushan Basin, Sudhir Kasliwal etc. have made significant contributions in this. The beauty of Gonda and Jogi art will be seen in the Tribal Art Show. Art work made from waste material has been exhibited on the first floor of Alankar.
Rama Sundar Ranganathan gave a melodious singing performance at Rangayan. Even the raining clouds matched the rhythm in the Music of Charkha concert. Rama, a singer from the Indore Gharana, started with a composition prepared after translating the words of Saint Tiruvalluvar into Hindi. After this, she gave life lessons from the words of Kabir, Namdev and Baba Bulle Shah. She concluded the performance with Mahatma Gandhi's bhajan Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram. Tansen Shrivastav accompanied on tabla and Dayal Ali on sarangi. Gaurav Sharma conducted the stage.
There will be an interview with the heritage and cultural diversity of handloom
Director General of Jawahar Kala Kendra and Principal Secretary of Art and Culture Department, Smt. Gayatri Rathore said that the aim of the Virasat se Vikas festival is to introduce the common people to the rich handloom heritage and cultural diversity of the country. Every article showcased here shows how many creative experiments have been done to make clothes special in India.
