Khadi, variously called as Khaddar means cotton. Khadi is a fabric that is handspun and handwoven. Mahatma began promoting the spinning of khadi for rural self employment and self reliance in 1920s, thus making kahdi an integral part and icon of the Swadeshi movement. The freedom struggle revolved around the use of khadi fabrics and the dumping of foreign-made clothes. Thus, khadi symbolized the political ideas and independence itself. The flag of India is only allowed to be made from this material although in practice many flag manufacturers, especially those outside of India, ignore this rule.
Khadi is a versatile fabric, cool in the summer and warm in the winter. However, being a cruder form of material, it wrinkles much faster than other preparations of cotton. In order to improve the look, khadi is often starched to have a stiffer shape. It is so pure and soils very fast. Mr Venkataraman, former president of India said "Khadi soils so easily that it can not co-exist with any other stain".
Khaddar cloth is very much famous among sub continental. I personally don't like it as it contains some smell in it. Thank you for sharing this post with us though
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