The Textile Ministry has nominated three kota doriya weavers for National Award as master weavers. This award is to be handed over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai on August 7 on National Handloom Day. Mustkin Bhai, Hazi Abdul Hakim Kachra and ex-chairman, municipal corporation of Khetun, Nasiruddin Ansari, have been nominated for this award. All the three weavers have been chosen for their excellence in weaving and hail from Kota’s Khetun village.
All three will be given Rs 1 lakh each under the award, a tamrapatra citation and an angavastram. The brochures, presented on the occasion will carry information about the weavers’ and their art.
Nasiruddin Ansari said that her himself had designed the sari for which he is being awarded. The sari was approved by a jury in Delhi for its uniqueness in design and technicality. He added that this was the first time he was getting such national recognition. However, Ansari has been in the limelight, when the government of Rajasthan had sponsored him for trip to Baku in Russia to showcase his skill in 2006. In 2008 again, the Rajasthan Tourism Department took him on a seven-day trip to Karachi and seven days to Lahore to showcase his talent.
He has also been the corporator for the Nagarpalika in Khetun four times. Besides, he the chairman of the Khetun Nagarpalika from 1994-99 and was the Director, State Handloom Development Corporation, Jaipur, from 1995-2000.
