Enlightening Silk Expo Experience at Valluvar Kottam

Recently I had the opportunity to visit Silk Expo held at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai.
Just thought of sharing the experience here.

Apart from the silk related stalls put up there, there were people from silk mark india.
One of the person explained to me the various stages involved in obtaining silk from silkworm.
Here is his photo.

To start with he had shown me the egg of one of the type of silkworm. (photo here)

First few days of development of the silkworm from the egg. Here is a picture.

After about 4 to 6 days.

After about 10 to 12 days, the silkworm becomes bigger by eating the leaves.

And then it develops a nest around its body. This nest is what becomes silk later.

Here are some some pictures which shows how the silk thread is made.

Apart from this there is also a display of hand loom machine which makes silk sari.

And the person who weaves the saree (time consuming task requires lot of patience)

In a nutshell various stages of silk making from silkworm