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The city and its fabric: Maheshwar

Type, Behaviour and Experience
Ashwini Borkar, 2022


The research establishes an understanding for the Maheshwar city fabric and how its economic and social life is centred around the production or enterprise of Maheshwari fabric.

The textile industry in India is one of the industries that has generated huge employment for skilled and unskilled labourers.  Handloom contributes a significant role towards the economy. Maheshwar has been a centre of handloom weaving Since 18th century.This handloom weaving provides gainful employment to thousands of weaver’s. Some organisations in Maheshwar are set up to sustain the traditional handloom weaving and also to provide healthcare shelter and education to the weavers and their families. As a result of this the organisations have started building structures such as housing colonies, hospitals, schools, and training centres to cater the needs of weavers. Through fieldwork and secondary sources, I have mapped out the social and economic networks forming within the city concerning the spatiality of fabric.

The aim is to understand the shifts and spatiality of enterprise as it is identified that the handloom industry is in the phase of downfall. After a period of time it has been identified that the handloom machines are overshadowed by the power looms. The decline in handloom tradition is affecting the economic condition of the weavers in Maheshwar. Many factories are seen to be set up in the city‘s which is affecting the fabric and typology of the city.



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