charkha , also: charka

The floor charkha and the great wheel closely resemble each other.

Mahatma Gandhi brought the charkha into larger use with his teachings.

Women have almost left spinning on Charkha.

A spindle is also part of traditional spinning wheels, such as the Indian charkha and the great or walking wheel.

Between 1943 and 1944 he worked for the widespread adoption of charkha textile-spinning in Nellore district.

The tabletop or floor charkha is one of the oldest known forms of the spinning wheel.

On this occasion, the Swaraj flag (with a charkha at its centre) was adopted by the Congress.

However, he humbly chooses to differ with Gandhi on the subject of the Charkha.

Charkha: This is widely used.

The film also included real-life footage of Mahatma Gandhi spinning the charkha.

The raw materials may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called a charkha.

The party's tricolour flag has the charkha and picture of Indira Gandhi as symbols.

He practiced various aspects of Gandhism, including yarn spinning using a charkha and wearing khadi.

Hansraj of Jallandar suggested the representation of the charkha, symbolising progress and the common man.

The charkha (etymologically related to Chakra) was both a tool and a symbol of the Indian independence movement.

The size varies, from that of a hardbound novel to the size of a briefcase, to a floor charkha.

Thus, Tagore negates the positive impact that the hours manual labor while spinning the Charkha can have on a person.

However, the charkha was replaced by the Ashoka Chakra representing the eternal wheel of law.

The required threads (silk, zari, etc.) are then taken to the charkha, which is a machine used to make the warp for the weaving process.

She gifted away all her French chiffon saris and started wearing khadi and weaving on a charkha.

Tagore considers another argument which has often followed the cult of the charkha, which is the effect of external labor on the mind.

He began to spin his own clothes using khadi on the charkha, and began frequently living and participating in the ashrams organised by Gandhi.

He focused on persuading all members of the Indian National Congress to spend some time each day hand-spinning on the charkha (spinning wheel).

Charkha was adopted on centre of the flag by INC(Indian National Congress)

In 2009 it was announced that a 30 foot tall steel sculpture inspired by Mahatma Gandhis charkha would be installed at the maidan.