Arob Rueangsung, 59, always has a smile on her face when she welcomes visitors to Na Muen Si village in Trang. Two decades ago, Arob led a group of housewives in this southern province to search for ...

TIGANESTI, Romania From the sanctity of a 19th-century convent, Romanian nuns weave vivid, Byzantine cloth for Orthodox priests. Now word of the sumptuous silk has reached fashion designers — and soon ...

Taking the art of weaving to new heights, Hemprabha Chutia, a 62-year-old woman weaver, has weaved the entire Bhagavad Gita on cloth in Sanskrit. Bhagvad Gita is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in ...

Madan Wade, 70, is a Paithani sari weaver from Maharashtra’s Yeola town. Mr. Wade is one of the 22-35 weavers participating in the ‘Do Dhage Shree Ram Ke Liye’ campaign organised by the Heritage ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday handed over to the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust special clothes, woven by "12 lakh handicraftsmen", for the idol of Ram in Ayodhya.

For conceptual artist Lakshmi Madhavan, the gossamer fine cotton cloth woven with gold zari (kasavu) is her chosen medium to explore a people’s stories, culture and social mooring. The Mumbai-based ...