A major exhibition of Karnataka's textile heritage opened in Bengaluru on 1 November, when Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated PAMPA: Textiles of Karnataka at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA). The opening was timed to Karnataka Rajyotsava, the day marking the formation of the state, and the show brings together more than 150 textiles and installations spanning the 18th century to the present day.

The exhibition turns its attention to weaving traditions from across Karnataka, including the Ilkal, Molakalmuru and Udupi traditions, and to the revival of the Jala loom, a weaving technique that had fallen out of use. By placing historic cloth alongside contemporary work, the presentation traces how regional weaving practices have been carried forward, adapted and, in some cases, brought back from the edge of disappearance.

PAMPA is organised by the Abheraj Baldota Foundation in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and NGMA Bengaluru. The show was previously presented in Hampi in March 2025 before travelling to the state capital, and its Bengaluru run reflects a wider effort to give the region's handloom heritage a museum platform rather than treating it as craft alone. Its timing on Karnataka Rajyotsava also ties the exhibition to the state's cultural calendar, giving the opening a civic as well as an artistic occasion.

The exhibition remains on view at NGMA Bengaluru until 15 December 2026, offering visitors several weeks to see a survey that stretches from eighteenth-century textiles to present-day work. Its arrival in Bengaluru underlines the growing institutional attention being paid to India's regional weaving traditions and to the artisans and foundations working to keep them alive.