Welcome to Pochampally, an interesting collage of tradition, history, heritage and modernity. Surrounded by hills, tanks and ponds, and lush green fields, spread-out silk warps, neera tapping from palm trees, mat-making women, open-sky chatrashala houses, a perennially full tank, hills, temples, Vinoba Mandir - Bhoodan Ashram, and cultural complexes, Pochampally makes up for an exciting destination to spend ones vacation.
Weaving - A way of Life and an Art of Living! Pochampally where threads and colours find their way into the hands of skilful weavers and meander into the market as beautiful sarees and dress material is a typical weaving village in Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.
Basking under the glory on par with the weaves of Kanchi, Dharmavaram, Gadwal, Venkatagiri etc Pochampally weave is popularly known as ikkat or tie and dye weave. The uniqueness lies in the transfer of design and colouring onto warp and weft threads first and then weave them together. The fabric is cotton, silk and sico - mix of silk and cotton. Increasingly, the colours themselves are from natural sources and their blends.
