So, if you want to gift your friends silk sarees and dress materials this Diwali then make sure to visit ‘National Silk Expo’ — an exhibition cum sale — which is being organised from 7th to 10th November 2023 in your city Delhi. The blend of colours and unique weaving techniques displays the diverse Indian culture. Be it tassar, kantha, block handprint, khadi silk, and cotton dress material from Bihar, the famous chanderi, maheshwari from Madhya Pradesh or the colourful bomkai from Orissa, one would be delighted to have a rendezvous with these fabrics displayed in one place.
The expo has stalls featuring sarees, duppattas and salwar materials in different designs and patterns, which include kosa silk saree, ghicha silk saree, mulbery raw silk, block printed silk saree from Chhattisgarh; Shanti Niketan kantha saree, baluchari, neemzari saree, printed saree, dhakai jamdani from West Bengal; bandhej, bandhni silks saree, jaipur kurti, block prints, sanganeri prints, kota doria from Rajasthan; tanchoi, banarasi jamdani, jamavar, jamdani, brocket dress material, lakhnavi chikan from Uttar Pradesh; tabi silk saree, pashmina shawls, chinan silk saree from Jammu & Kashmir; zari paithani saree from Maharashtra and many other products of silk and cotton from all over India.