Telangana is establishing India’s biggest textile park in a textile park and this is attracting investments from national and international companies. Telangana is strengthening the handloom sector as well in the state. The powerloom sector in Sircilla has over 25,000 machines. The state plans to strengthen the value chain, modernize power looms in Sircilla, improve the market, skill development, capacity building and project monitoring.

There are over 40,000 handloom weavers in various parts of Telangana, with most of them in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Gadwal, Warangal, Rajanna Sircilla and Karimnagar. Telangana’s unique textile crafts have been listed by Unesco. These include Siddipet Gollabhama saris, Himru weaving and Gongadi sheep wool blankets. Unesco has listed the histories and legends behind the textiles, especially the strenuous efforts put in by weavers.

A lot of effort has gone into identification and collating a representative sample of Indian textile crafts from across the country that merit special consideration. Siddipet Gollabhama saris have motifs woven on the pallu (the loose end draped over the shoulder) and on the lower border but none on the upper border. The body of the sari is plain or has motifs. These saris are made of cotton. Another important feature of Gollabama saris is that the motifs are not woven on the loom but made entirely by hand.