Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCIC) retails Authentic Indian Handlooms and Handicrafts through its showrooms on M.G.Road and H.S.R BDA complex, Bangaluru. The products are being sourced from weavers, master weavers, artisans, craft persons and master craftsmen and National Awardees, Shilp Gurus and clusters.

The emporium showcases the finest crafts from all over India under one roof ranging from sarees, ready to wear, furnishings, home linen accessories, exquisite sculptures, paintings, artifacts, metal ware, woodcraft, pottery, stoneware & marble craft, branded bankura silver, carpets, furniture, jewellery, craft items, herbal products and much more.  Each product is unique reflecting the traditional myths, folklores, religious beliefs, cultural ethos and rich heritage of India.

In an endeavor to celebrate and promote the Indian Handlooms, Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd., has organized an exhibition cum sale of Exclusive summer collection ‘Woven Wonders’ from14th to 23rdJune, 2013 in CCIC’s Showrooms in Bangalore

The celebration of Woven Wonders in CCIC showroom, envisages the handloom exhibition showcasing sarees, ready to wear, dress fabric, dupattas in Chanderi, Maheshwari & Ikat.

This collection can easily add on freshness to your summer wardrobe and home décor.

Chanderi, best-known handloom textiles in India, made with mix of silk and cotton are known for their sheer texture, light weight and a glossy transparency that sets them apart from other textiles.  One of the unique collections of textiles from Madhya Pradesh is Maheshwari.. Maheshwari fabric which conjures up a picture of royal elegance, majestic in its designs, woven from silk and cotton, fibers and embellished with gold zari in stripes and checks having a dual tone block, bagh print bearing tribal motifs are exceptional works.  Another famous textile from Andhra Pradesh is Ikat, Narayanpet and also Kota from Rajasthan, providing one of the richest handcrafted textiles in variety of fibers, cottons and silks. One of the striking aspects of Ikat fabric is widespread existence of coarse count cotton, relatively weighty in stripes and checks.

Source : Guna Shekar