Kerala Chendamangalam handloom industry jolted by steep decline in weavers, keep fingers crossed during this Onam August 22, 2025 gopalkumarthakur@gmail.com From a peak of around 5,000 weavers and people in allied services in North Paravur taluk until the 1980s, that number has progressively declined to around 500 now Related posts: Woman passenger injured, falls unconscious as KSRTC bus hits pothole in Kerala’s Kozhikode Error in teacher text for Class IV students kicks up row Railway gate to be closed for maintenance Kerala to be declared fully digitally literate on Aug. 21
