Silk Mark Vanya expo 2015, a six day event began today in Kochi, an initiative of Central Silk Board, under the Union Ministry of Textiles is conducted by the Silk Mark Organization of India (SMOI). The Exhibition cum sale was inaugurate by Cine artist Miya. The main aim of SMOI is to educate people about the quality of the silk products. They should be able to recognize silk which is 100 percent pure from the fake ones. To create awareness, they have arranged Silk games to identify original silk along with the expo.

Weavers, silk clothes merchants, co-operative organizations and government departments from the traditional silk producing states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala are exhibiting their collection of silk products at the expo.

Apart from the diverse collection of silk like Kanchipuram, Aarani, Crape, Kantha, Tribal work, Chantheri, Georgette and many more, the Vanya Silk expo is also providing a number of silk products like silk carpets, bedspreads, cushions, wallets and also shirts, churidars and scarves.

The viewers will be able to see the different stages of silkworms, silk extraction and weaving, live for themselves at the expo.

SMOI has 13 chapters across India including the Palakkad Chapter which controls the Silk Mark operations in Kerala. With almost 2700 Silk Mark authorized silk merchants in Kerala, this is the seventh time, SMOI is conducting an exhibition, which is being held at Gokulam Park Convention Centre, Kaloor.