Silk City

The term Silk City has been used to refer to multiple major silk-producing centers. These include:

  • Brahmapur, Orissa, India
  • Bhagalpur, Bihar, India Famous of Tussar Silk & Tussar Saree.
  • Bhoodhan Pochampally, India
  • Muddenahalli & Doddaballapur, Karnataka, India
  • Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Famous quotes containing the words silk and/or city:

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “...some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!””
    —Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 2:23.

    Elisha--proving that baldness has been a source of sensitivity for centuries, Elisha cursed them and they died.