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TTD to take efforts to get ‘State art’ status to Kalamkari

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy has said that he will make efforts to persuade Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to get ‘State art’ status to Kalamkari, the traditional art form that has roots in Srikalahasti.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the three-day workshop organised by Sri Venkateswara Institute of Traditional Sculpture and Architecture (SVITSA) here on Monday, he said that the TTD trust board would soon upgrade the two-year certificate course in Kalamkari to a four-year diploma course.

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