Vice President receives 70 shawls during two-day Kutch visit
February 06, 2015
Bhuj, DeshGujarat
Vice President of India Dr. Hamid Ansari and his wife received as many as 70 shawls during their two-day long Kutch visit, a local daily has reported adding that a special bag had to be arranged for transportation of these shawls to Delhi.
Kutch is India’s one of the major handicraft clusters. It has presence of hundreds of hand loom workers involved in shawl making.
Vice President received shawls at every place he visited in Kutch during his two days visit including airport, Dhordo tent city, handicraft market, white Rann of Kutch, Bhujodi handicraft park, Shrujan and Kutch University.
As per a tradition of Kutch, he was welcomed at every place and by almost every person with shawl.
The costliest shawl was gifted to him during his visit to Shrujan organization which is involved in welfare of artisans and hand-loom workers in Kutch.
The entire district had a feeling that it is Narendra Modi who has suggested Vice President to visit Kutch and therefore he must be treated in best way possible.
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