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Banarasi Weaves: A Morning in Madanpura
A morning in Madanpura, where the looms of Banaras still turn — and the economics of a 500-year-old craft strain against the present.
Rahul Verma·
Documentary photographer working across eastern Uttar Pradesh, with a long-term project on handloom communities in Madanpura, Mubarakpur, and Mau.

A morning in Madanpura, where the looms of Banaras still turn — and the economics of a 500-year-old craft strain against the present.