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Karnataka is the premier mulberry silk producing state in India, producing about 70% of India's silk.
Once you go into the rural areas outside of Bangalore you can see the silk production industry.
The process goes like this: the farmer buys the silk worm eggs from the government that come by the hundreds on one piece of paper. The farmer grows mulberry plants and feeds the worms in the basket. Once the worms reach a certain size they are placed in stands where they spin the cocoons. Then it is full circle back to the market.
If you can go to a place like Dodbalapur where they weave silk into sarees that is very interesting process too.
The Kannada word for silk is Reshme
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