Mayor A.K. Premajam inaugurated the ‘Silk and Handicrafts Fest' at the Khadi Gramodyog emporium here on Monday.
The festival, being organised on the occasion of Christmas and New Year, features a variety of handicrafts and handloom products. There is a 20 per cent rebate on leather products while coir products, wooden furniture, clay products, metal products, beads and soaps are sold at 10 to 20 per cent government rebate. A variety of medicinal and ornamental plants are also on sale as part of the festival. There is a 20 per cent rebate on silk products while it is 30 per cent for spun silk.
Kozhikode Sarvodaya Sangham president K.C. Balan presided over the inaugural function and Iyyacheri Kunhikrishnan was the chief guest. . The fete will be on till January 6, 2011.
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