Madras (cloth) handwoven (evidenced by the small flaws in the fabric). Cotton madras is woven from a fragile, short-staple cotton fiber that can't be combed, only carded, resulting in bumps known as slubs which are thick spots in the yarn that give madras its unique texture. The cotton is hand-dyed after being spun into yarn, woven and finished in some 200 small villages in the Madras area. Madras fabric is generally regarded as belonging to the peasant class in its native India. Dutch traders arrived in India in the early 1600s to trade in the local calico cloth, followed by the British.
Tourism in North East India in Asia. Agartala is capital of Tripura state. Its second largest city in Northeast India after Guwahati. Places of attraction in Agaratala: Aizawl is the capital of Mizoram state. The main places of interest in Aizawl are: Gangtok is the capital of Sikkim state. City is known for its tourist attractions. Guwahati is the commercial capital of Assam state and its largest city in North East India. Imphal is capital of Manipur state. Some of the places of attractions in city as follows. Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. Major tourist sites include: Kohima is the capital of Nagaland.