Related Keywords: awarded right to weave and sell, engaged in creating, Fashion designer, GI tagged Kovai Kora cotton saris, operating loom, rather than Kora silk, soft silk saris, struggle to find buyers for Kora, Weavers of Thiruvallur
More than 80 percent of the residents of Thiruvallur located near Alangombu and Sirumugai a 40km from Coimbatore are weavers operating the loom engaged in creating colourful designs on soft silk saris adorned by millions of Indian rather than Kora silk. Even though Alangombu and Sirumugai host a majority of the 82 handloom cooperative societies awarded the right to weave and sell the GI tagged Kovai Kora cotton saris.
