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Charkha Museum Visitors To Get “Free” ‘Khadi Sootmala’

Mar. 24 Economy, Social Cause Comments

[New Delhi] Charkha Museum Visitors To Get “Free” ‘Khadi Sootmala’
For every entry ticket to National Charkha Museum, New Delhi, a Khadi Soot Mala is given free.
The 20 rupees is entry fee to provides support to artisanal families besides the women inmates of Tihar Jail
KVIC plans to turn the corpus secured from the sale of these tickets into a Trust for the welfare of economically backward artisanal families. From May 21, 2017 till January 31, 2018, the ticket sales have fetched over Rs. 20 lakhs.
The Charkha Museum depicts the history and evolution of Charkha, from a humble instrument to a symbol of Nationalism, freedom movement, and empowerment of the individual citizen by weaving Swadeshi cloth. The Museum showcases 14 vintage Charkha models and demonstrates the journey from “kapaas” to yarn to khadi cloth. The Museum also showcases the charkha used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ludhiana where he distributed 500 charkhas to the women of Punjab in 2016.

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