Kuthampully Handloom Village

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Kuthampully Handloom Village

Kuthampully, A village situated on the banks of the Bharatapuzha in Thiruvilwamala Grama Panchayat of Thrissur is famous for the Handlooms. Here 600 Brahmin families produce some of the most exotic sarees in the country. It is believed that the Cochin Royal Family bought these weavers from Karnataka 500 years ago to weave clothes for their families. Most of the inhabitants belong to the Devanga community

Though the power looms have replaced most of the traditional handlooms, we can we can still hear the rhythmic musical sound of the working of the throw- shuttle pit looms. Watch a short video of Handloom Saree weaving at Kuthampully.

In 1972, Kuthampully Handloom Industrial Cooperative Society was registered with 102 members. They followed the traditional path in the early days and their different kinds of Indian clothings like kasavu double dhoti, veshti and set mundu became popular. Later on, embroidery techniques have been deftly applied on traditional Kuthampully sarees to produce designer ones. At present around 3000 people are employed in this sector mostly through cooperatives and as small-scale entrepreneurs. In September 2011, the Kuthampully Saree got exclusive Intellectual Property rights through Geographical indication Act (GI).