udupi karnataka state handicrafts development corporation kshdc will establish a showroom at udupi and a handicrafts manufacturing unit at kundapur in the district the next three months at an estimated cost of rs 5 crore the corporation that plans to set up 12 new showrooms across the state has mooted this idea to the chief minister and he has agreed to the proposal said beluru raghavendra shetty chairman of kshdc here on fridayshetty who visited the ongoing handicrafts mela at rajangana of sri krishna temple said the manufacturing unit will be a stateoftheart facility that will give artisans the opportunity to hone their skills and manufacture export quality handicraft items the corporation will give impetus to procuring locally manufactured handicraft items he said adding this will give the artisans an opportunity to lead an economically selfreliant lifestyle likewise people too should encourage the artisans by purchasing the artefacts manufactured by them rather than plump for imported products he said adding this will give a big boost to local manufacturing in the handicrafts sector the corporation will supply sandalwood at subsidized rate for preparing handicrafts he said while appealing to the artisans to produce such items that reflect the cultural heritage of the statesri eeshapriya thirtha swamiji of paryaya adamaru mutt and sri vishwavallabha thirtha of sri sode vadiraja mutt accompanied shetty as he visited the stalls of artisans from across india the paryaya adamaru mutt has arranged for this handicrafts exhibition to mark the ashta mutts of udupi stepping into the 500th year of biennial paryaya system which transfers the rights to worship lord krishna to heads of the mutts for twoyears