Is there any other fabric in the history of the world that has helped start a revolution, won freedom for a nation or driven a movement to uplift an entire section of society? Khadi, also known as khaddar, is a hand-spun, rough-textured, cotton-based fabric, spun on a charkha. The beauty...

Weaving and textile designing is a relatively new section at Norbulingka. The yarn woven is mostly organic cotton or eri silk, also called ahimsa silk, because this silk is extracted AFTER the silk worm has left the cocoon. (We had done a special feature on Eri and Muga silk some...