Dehradun, Nov. 19 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 18 Nov: This weekend, the Aurobindo Ashram on Rajpur Road will host an exhibition of shawls, stoles and scarves by the well-known Panchachuli Women Weavers of Kumaon. In addition, there will be traditional reed baskets made by the Tharu tribes, from the Terai regions of Uttarakhand, bordering Nepal. Photographs of the majesty of the Himalayas by Almora-based Jaimitra Bisht, as well as some Mandala art, will also be exhibited. The women entrepreneurs of the local initiative, BillZar, will be present with their variety of wares.

Panchachuli was established in 2002 as a not-for-profit company, after four years of intensive training to hundreds of rural women from around Binsar Sanctuary, i...