“Handloom is not just fabric – it’s History, Heritage, and Heart.”
National Handloom Day 2025 weaves India’s legacy and innovates it’s future. On August 7, 2025 India comes together to celebrate National Handloom Day. This day celebrates India’s weaving heritage and respects artisans who sustain it.
This day commemorates the Swadeshi movement of 1905. This day emphasizes self-reliance and promotes indigenous industries. It is a legacy that continues till 2025 in spirit as well as craft.
The National Handloom Day was declared in 2015. Each region in India tells its story through cloth. Banarasi Silk in Uttar Pradesh, Pochampally Ikat, Kachipuram, Chandari, Maheshwari, and Bomkai silk.
Every weaves captures centuries of tradition and identity. The handloom sector supports 3.5 million artisans.
It is the second largest rural employment provider. Remarkably, 70% of weavers are women, making handloom a powerful driver of rural women’s empowerment. It states like Odisha 34, 500 weavers and 16200 artisans have benefited from government schemes in recent years.
Programmes like the National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP), Handloom Mark Certification, and MUDRA support reinforce both artisan welfare and market access.
On August 7, 2025, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, the President of India will confer the prestigious Sant Kabir Handloom awards and National Handloom awards to 24 individuals, including Akash Kumar Dewangan, for his exquisite tribal Bastar Jala Kosa saree.
These awards acknowledge milestones of artisans, designers, and innovative start-ups. The selection happens at a multi-level, rigorous process. Recipients are given cash prizes, shawls, tamrapatras, and certificates of honour.
The Handloom Hackathon 2025
Handloom Hackathon 2025 was hosted by IIT Delhi on August 2-3, 2025, under the theme’ Dream it Do it”. Supported by key stakeholders from the Ministry of Textiles, NGOs, and private industry partners, the event is expected to lead to the incubation of several promising prototypes.
This day reminds us that the future of heritage lies in the hands of the next generation.
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