Kashmiri Carpets Bedeck New Parliament House

SRINAGAR, May 28: The new Parliament House of India is adorned by the traditional Kashmiri silk-on-silk carpets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the new Parliament building which is equipped with state-of-the art technology.

The carpets were woven by 50 Kashmiri artisans, including men and women at a far-off village Khag in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

Qamar Ali Khan of Tahiri Carpets who got the order from a Delhi-based company after submitting the samples in September 2021 to prepare 12 pieces of 8 x 11 feet traditional Kashmiri Silk-on-Silk carpets for the new Parliament House of India is jubilant after the inauguration of new parliament house by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.