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  • 900 UP artisans weaved carpets for new Parliament
  • Weaved for 10 lakh man-hours
  • Carpets showcase motifs of peacock and lotus

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'10 lakh man-hours': carpets for new Parliament building weaved by these many UP artisans

The new Parliament building,was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, showcases exquisite motifs of national bird peacock and national flower lotus in the carpets of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, respectively.

'10 lakh man-hours': carpets for new Parliament building weaved by these many UP artisans

Premium hand-knotted carpets weaved laboriously by as many as 900 artisans from Uttar Pradesh for a whopping "10 lakh man-hours" will adorn the floors of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the new Parliament building.

The new Parliament building,was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, showcases exquisite motifs of national bird peacock and national flower lotus in the carpets of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, respectively.

Obeetee Carpets, the over-100-year-old Indian company behind the project, said weavers crafted more than 150 carpets each for Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha "before stitching them into a single carpet in the form of a semi-circle to sync with the architecture of each of the Houses spread across 35,000 square feet of area".

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