Joymati Award conferred on Padmashree Hemoprova Chutia in Dibrugarh

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DIBRUGARH: The Dibrugarh Ladies Club conferred Joymati Award 2023 to Padmashree Hemoprova Chutia at Dibrugarh Gymkhana Club on Friday. The award has been given to woman weaver Hemoprova Chutia, who has exalted her skills to recreate and weave the sacred text in Sanskrit, Assamese and the English language. The Joymati Award, 2023 with a citation and a cash amount of Rs11000 were presented to her at a function organized at Dibrugarh Gymkhana Club. This award has been instituted by the Ladies Club of Dibrugarh in 1987 to honour the women of Assam for the contribution in the field of art and culture, music, sports, cinema, commerce and social work etc. The motive behind giving this award is to encourage the women of Assam and to recognize their work and talent.

Speaking on the ocassion, Hemoprova Chutia said, “I am happy to received the award conferred to me by Dibrugarh Ladies Club. I am overwhelmed and have no words to express. I got inspiration from the people to do the work for which government has given me the Padmashree award.”

She previously wove the Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Mahabharata, into silk. The master weaver had completed this task following complete traditional rituals.

Another of her noteworthy works was the weaving of the entire Bhagavad Gita in the English language into a piece of cloth 280 feet in length and 2 feet wide. This project took her more than two years to complete.