Textile museum Entering the portals of the Calico Museum of Textiles in Ahmedabad is like entering a biosphere reserve. Sunlight struggles to pass through the dense green canopy above, casting dappled shadows on the gravel beneath, surrounded by innumerable plants and bushes. Peacocks and other birds serenade the visitors along the walkway leading to a stately building, where visitors are welcomed inside a warmly-lit porch by a staff member dressed in traditional Gujarati attire. This institution, regarded as one of the finest textile museums in the world, calls for a peep into the origins of this national cultural heritage. It was sometime during the 1940s that the renowned art scholar and...
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