Yemmiganur Handloom Weaving Centres

Yemmiganur Handloom Weaving Centres are located in Yemmiganur town, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, often called the Manchester of Rayalaseema. The centres are anchored by the Yemmiganur Weavers Cooperative Society, one of India's largest handloom cooperatives. They are notable for traditional cotton sarees and fabrics woven on pit looms and frame looms, preserving a century-old weaving tradition that sustains thousands of weaver families in the region.

Visitors can expect to see active handloom weaving sheds and cooperative society premises with rows of pit looms and frame looms in operation. Weavers demonstrate spinning, dyeing, and weaving processes for cotton sarees, dress materials and towels. The setting is a small industrial town environment with weaving halls, yarn stores and sales counters where finished Yemmiganur sarees and fabrics are displayed for direct purchase.