PHOTO NEWS: Women spin raw Pashmina into yarn using the traditional wooden spinning wheels called ‘Yender’.

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Ganderbal: Women spin raw Pashmina into yarn using the traditional wooden spinning wheels called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000020A)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Ganderbal: Women spin raw Pashmina into yarn using the traditional wooden spinning wheels called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000021B)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Ganderbal: Women spin raw Pashmina into yarn using the traditional wooden spinning wheels called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000022A)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Ganderbal: A woman spins raw Pashmina into yarn using the traditional wooden spinning wheel called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000023A)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Srinagar: A shopkeeper shows a pashmina ‘shawl’, spun from a traditional ‘charkha’, at his shop in Srinagar, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Spinning on a traditional Kashmiri ‘charkha’ allows longer threads of Pashmina wool with fine hair-like size, unlike machines, and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000027A)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Ganderbal: A woman shows paddy straws used for winding the pashmina yarn during the process of spinning using the traditional wooden spinning wheels called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000028A)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE** Ganderbal: A woman spins raw Pashmina into yarn using the traditional wooden spinning wheel called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000029B)

**EDS: STANDALONE FEATURE**Ganderbal: A woman fits a paddy straw on an iron rod for winding the pashmina yarn on it during the process of spinning using the traditional wooden spinning wheels called ‘Yender’, which used to be a common sight in Kashmiri homes, at a government centre opened by the Handloom Department, in Chount Waliwar of Gandrebal district, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Unlike machines, spinning on a traditional Kashmiri spinning wheel creates long and super fine threads of Pashmina wool and adds to the softness of the product. (PTI Photo/S. Irfan)(PTI08_29_2022_000030A)