Shree Mayakka Ghongadi Kendra

Shree Mayakka Ghongadi Kendra The “Ghongadi” is a regional name given to a khadi Blanket which is hand spun, hand woven in pure Desi wool. Produced by the Sub Community of Shepherds from rural parts of Maharashtra,Karnataka and Andhrapradesh The woolen Blanket- “Ghongadi” is known by various other names such as “Kambal & Kambli, gongadi in various regions of India for quite a few degrees of coarseness & softness of the surface. Community dealing with Wool related supplies are believed to be the nomadic community of the shepherds, who breed, herd, posse and maintain the sheep and this maintenance involved timely cutting their hair. The Shepherd then sell these hairs to the Sub- Community who could make yarns out of those hairs, which are hand spun, naturally processed enabling them to weave together using a basic floor loom into the fabric- known to be as “Ghongadi”.