Copyright © 2026 Authors retain the copyright of this article. This article is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

@article{206224,
        author = {Shwetank Shekhar and Prof. Sanjay Kumar Jha},
        title = {Bhagalpur Silk City: Intangible Legacy of Silk, it's cultural heritage, and its diminishing contemporary relevance in the global village},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {2},
        pages = {435-442},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=206224},
        abstract = {Bhagalpur city has an old legacy of the historical Anga region, and has changed with the changing times. Bhagalpur, which was opined as a Silk city because of the Silk production and its transformation and export of finished silk. It remained a city of silk and was a prosperous region due to the silk. It is two hundred years old traditional way of weaving Tussar Silk, changed with the spatio-temporal context. It has been centered in the regions of Champanagar and Nathnagar. It has been a direct source of revenue and livelihoods for about 35000 weavers. The silk industry, which should keep pace with modern times, has lost its momentum and has been diminishing its global relevance. Bhagalpur silk is not getting better infrastructure and a modern perspective has made it lose its sheen. The contemporary market, which runs on profit maximization and has reduced the value of handmade products, is a major truth behind the diminishing silk industry. Industrial mechanization is seen in the silk industry as power looms, better and fast yarn making machines, reeling and spinning centers and textiles mega parks of global order. These modern machines make the items cheaper and more demanding, but establishing these industries requires more resources. Lack of resources in the form of capital has made the Bhagalpur silk industry a falling entity and it must be taken care as silk is bread and butter for thousands of artisans and has remained a revenue generator for the Bhagalpur. The government has taken steps for the survival of the deteriorating condition of the Silk Industry, but a meager step is not enough for the silk industry. The Bhagalpur silk, which prospered during the British raj needs a new overhaul and modern approach.},
        keywords = {Bhagalpur, Tussar Silk, Silk Industry, Nathnagar, Champanagar},
        month = {July},
        }