What is Pochampally ?
Pochampally is a Tehsil in Nalgonda District, Telangana, in southern India and is popularly known as Silk City of India. Pochampally is an interesting collage of tradition, history, heritage, modernity and widely known for Pochampally Saree. Pochampally weave is popularly known as Ikkat or tie and dye weave. The uniqueness lies in the transfer of design and colouring onto warp and weft threads first and then weaving them together. The fabric is cotton, silk and sico - a mix of silk and cotton. Pochampally has traditional looms, whose design is more than a century-old. Today this Silk City is home to more than 10000 weaving families in 100 villages. Pochampally products are handcrafted to perfection by skilled artisans who are endowed with critical skills in intricate designs, having decades of experience behind them in their respective fields. In certain cases these masterpieces can take up to one hundred and twenty days to take final shape, to the satisfaction of our craftsmen.