Glimpses into the Weavers' village in Telangana's Pochampally

The traditional weavers of Telangana manufacture exclusive sarees with intricate and distinctive designs within their house holds.
The weavers of Telangana 's Pochampally village manufacture exclusive sarees with intricate and distinctive designs. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
The weavers of Telangana 's Pochampally village manufacture exclusive sarees with intricate and distinctive designs. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
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Weavers  of  Koyalagudem village,  located 50 kilometres  away from Hyderabad, weave sarees using hand looms  at households.  (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Weavers of Koyalagudem village, located 50 kilometres away from Hyderabad, weave sarees using hand looms at households. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Pochamma, mother of two children working with her husband in the handloom in their household. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Pochamma, mother of two children working with her husband in the handloom in their household. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Pochamma's major job is to segregate the threads after the dying process is over. She packs the threads according to the designs and length of the saree. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Pochamma's major job is to segregate the threads after the dying process is over. She packs the threads according to the designs and length of the saree. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Many weavers cannot afford  to have the space and money to fix the handloom machines at their homes, so they depend on the master weaver, who has more than 30 manual hand loom machines. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
Many weavers cannot afford to have the space and money to fix the handloom machines at their homes, so they depend on the master weaver, who has more than 30 manual hand loom machines. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
During the process of dying, weavers add colours to the threads. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
During the process of dying, weavers add colours to the threads. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
The threads mixed with chemicals  will be dried under the sun for more than five hours.(Express / R.Satish Babu)
The threads mixed with chemicals will be dried under the sun for more than five hours.(Express / R.Satish Babu)
The coloured threads will be dried mostly  in house holds. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
The coloured threads will be dried mostly in house holds. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
After the dying process, the weavers segregate the threads to make it more dry. The separated threads will be be dried up to three hours.  (Express / R.Satish Babu)
After the dying process, the weavers segregate the threads to make it more dry. The separated threads will be be dried up to three hours. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
A worker tying rubber to the threads to  differentiate the designs. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
A worker tying rubber to the threads to differentiate the designs. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
A weaver adjusting the designs according to the saree colour at Koyalagudem village. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
A weaver adjusting the designs according to the saree colour at Koyalagudem village. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
A weaver using automatic machine for weaving. No manual works are done in those machine apart from setting the thread on the machine. (Express / R.Satish Babu)
A weaver using automatic machine for weaving. No manual works are done in those machine apart from setting the thread on the machine. (Express / R.Satish Babu)

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