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The "French Riviera of the East ", Pondicherry is famous as a spiritual destination. One other thing this union territory is also quite well known for are the textiles in Pondicherry. While shopping in Pondicherry some of the most fascinating items that you could buy, are its textiles. Other items that you could also go shopping for are leather goods in Pondicherry. Pottery in Pondicherry is also one of the area's better known products. Handmade Paper Items in Pondicherry make ideal gifts for people who are looking to buy something that is authentic "Pondicherrian". Textiles in Pondicherry typically have the signature use of mordant applied with a block or brush. Pieces of felt kept in vats of bright vibrant color are often used to color the blocks. The blocks are pressed on to these felt pieces so that they take up the color and pattern. These blocks are then pressed on to the textiles to make beautiful patterns on the fabrics. Theses blocks are finally touched with a delicate touch of the brush. As you see this process is as time consuming as the product is beautiful. No wonder then that the textiles in Pondicherry are in such demand. The textiles of Pondicherry have since long captured the imagination of India and the rest of the world. The union territory has been a centre for production of household linen and garment textiles like satin, twill, corduroy, poplin, chambray, oxford and cambric and Khadi, the simple, hand spun hand woven fabric that is found all over India. The raw materials for khadi or khaddar may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called a charkha. One of the more well known mills where textiles in Pondicherry are produced is the Anglo-French textile mill in Pondicherry. This century mill employs more than five thousand people and its products are sold throughout Europe, the US, Australia and the Middle East. If you are wandering what to shop in Pondicherry then you cannnot go too wrong if you buy textiles in Pondicherry.
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