Craft Village Initiative

August 2, 2022

Government has been linking major tourist destinations with the handicraft clusters and infrastructure supports, as a part of “Linking Textile with Tourism” initiative. With respect to this, 8 craft villages have already been set up for overall development of villages. In these villages craft promotion and tourism are being taken forward.

Craft villages have been set up in;

Raghurajpur (Odisha)
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
Vadaj (Gujarat)
Naini (Uttar Pradesh)
Anegundi (Karnataka)
Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu)
Taj Ganj (Uttar Pradesh), and
Amer (Rajasthan)

These Craft Village will promote handicrafts as workable and moneymaking livelihood option for artisans in clusters. This will safeguard the rich artisanal heritage of India. Craft village initiative will benefit around 1000 artisans across India. Programme has also increased the inflow of tourist across these Craft Villages.

Concept of Craft Villages:

Concept of a crafts village was drafted to gather most of the craft specimens and craftsmen at one place. In these villages, one can get up close and personal with the artisans because they create their wares in front of visitor’s eyes. Infrastructure and atmosphere in crafts village are designed in village style so as to give a sense of rural life of India. These villages also work as a market, wherein one can purchase artefacts at low price as compared to general market.

Significance of the crafts in India

Crafts are the significant part of Indian culture. These crafts flourish in the outlying regions of country. Most of the crafts are practiced as a legacy of the family and past. Craftspeople have inherited crafts from their forefathers. This tradition is being followed for centuries.

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