Mumbai: These photographs of Air India Express's brand new B737 MAX VT-BXD aircraft are viral for its trail that has a depiction inspired by Gujarat's Patola sari motif. The photographs were taken at Jaipur airport by an aviation enthusiast who tweeted them. However on proper viewing, it appears that the Patola motif has been depicted in grey color, while actually it's quite colorful and never in grey. Air India Express brand new B737 MAX VT-BXD spotted at @Jaipur_Airport featuring Patola ...Read More

Rajkot: The theft of items worth around Rs 47 lakh occurred at a Patola Shop in Rajkot city. The thieves allegedly stole Patola, Dupatta, Choli, and purses worth around Rs 47 lakh from a shop named V.J. Sons Patola located near Sarveshwar Chowk in Rajkot and escaped in an Eco car. The investigation is started through CCTV footage. Vipulbhai Vadher, living in Ramkrushna Nagar West behind Virani high school owns V.J. Sons Patola shop in Sapphire complex near Sarveshwar chowk. The items inc...Read More

Patan: The Development Commissioner Office (Handloom), Bunkar Seva Kendra and Ahmedabad office of Ministry of Textile have jointly started a 45-day long special training programme on Patola weaving for a group of 20 females at Rajkawada in Patan district of North Gujarat starting from today. The course is conducted in the building of ‘Gramshri' institute. A group of 20 females was earlier given the training of Mashru weaving.  The looms were distributed to 14 trainees, while motoring windi...Read More

Surendranagar: In a historic initiative taken by Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), a first Silk Processing Plant was inaugurated today at Surendranagar in Gujarat which would help cut down the cost of production of silk yarn drastically and increase the sale and availability of raw material for Gujarati Patola Sarees locally. Chairman, KVIC V K Saxena today said that promoting the Indian Crafts and Culture has been the top most priority of KVIC since its inception. T...Read More

Ahmedabad:- More than 1,000 year old ‘Patola of Patan’, globally known for its traditional design and fabric, has entered the Ahmedabad market. The world’s first showroom of ‘Patola by Nirmal Salvi’ was inaugurated today in Ahmedabad by Senior Group President of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Member of Rajya Sabha Mr. Parimal Nathwani in presence of CA Manish Shah and other dignitaries. Traditional Patola with intricate weaving is an art, which is preserved by the Salvi family in...Read More