KVIC launches “Banarasi Pashmina”

The premium Pashmina products prepared by the highly skilled Khadi weavers of Varanasi was launched by Chairman KVIC, Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena in Varanasi.

• This is for the first time that Pashmina products are being produced outside the region of Leh-Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir.

• KVIC will be selling the “Made-in-Varanasi” Pashmina products through its showrooms, outlets and through its online portal. The production of Pashmina prepared in Varanasi liberates this heritage art from the regional confines and creates a fusion of diverse artistry from Leh-Ladakh, Delhi and Varanasi.

• The journey of Pashmina production in Varanasi begins with collection of raw Pashmina wool from Ladakh and which is brought to Delhi for de-hairing, cleaning and processing.

• The processed wool, in the form of roving, is brought back to Leh where it is handspun into yarn by women Khadi artisans on modern Charkhas provided by KVIC.

• The finished yarn is then sent to Varanasi where it is woven by trained Khadi weavers into final Pashmina products.

About Pashmina

• Pashmina comes from an animal fibre Cashmere, derived from the Changra goat of Ladakh.

• Changra or Changthangi goats are specially reared by the nomadic Changpa tribes of Ladakh, and then its refinement at the hands of the Kashmiri artisans and subsequent export and consumption by the rest of the world.

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