• Minakshi Majumdar

Bengal cotton handloom saris have made an important contribution to the handloom textile industry. West Bengal are the major handloom sari production state of the country. The significance of handloom sector is that it is second largest industry of India after agriculture and to regenerate importance of employment. These saris are different from each other in terms of form, quality and variety and part of the cultural heritage of our country. The handloom textiles such as Jamdani sari, Tangail sari, Shantipur sari, Dhonekhali sari and Begumpur saris have enriched the country’s heritage through different weaving techniques and designs from very old time. The textile industry had been famous worldwide in 17th and 18th centuries. These are being woven in loom in traditional way. It is very much eco-friendly product. Bengal cotton handloom sari represents the authentic style, class and exquisite weaving technique and excellent craftsmanship of weaver’s community. Currently, handloom weavers are constantly striving to improve the handloom art. Though jamdani and Tangail saris are originated in Bangladesh, but today the weavers of west Bengal have made systematic changes in the saris and tries to develop and regenerate the cotton handloom industry.

handloom textile industry, employment, cultural heritage, eco-friendly, weaver’s community.

"Cotton Handloom Saris of West Bengal are the Excellence of Textile Art and Parts of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.f153-f159, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212521.pdf

"Cotton Handloom Saris of West Bengal are the Excellence of Textile Art and Parts of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppf153-f159, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212521.pdf