Three varieties of handloom sarees in West Bengal get GI tag.

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Three varieties of handloom sarees - tangail, korial and garad from West Bengal have received the GI tag, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. The tangail sarees are woven in Nadia and Purba Bardhhaman districts, while korial and garad are woven in Murshidabad and Birbhum.The hugely popular tangail cotton sarees have finer count and are decorated with extra warp designs using coloured yarn.


      It is a simplification of the jamdani cotton saree but with minimal designs in the body portion.

      Three varieties of handloom sarees - tangail, korial and garad from West Bengal have received the GI tag

      Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. The tangail sarees are woven in Nadia

 

     


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