aurangabad an eightday training workshop was organized at kagzipura village about 20km from the city to preserve and develop the 700yearold tradition of manufacturing handmade paperthe workshop which was held from october 5 to 13 was organized by the aurangabad chapter of intach indian national trust for art and cultural heritage and the heritage craft and community division of intach delhi kagzipura is a small village situated between daulatabad and khuldabad the name of the village itself indicates that it has something to do with kagaz or paper aid intach activist ashish garde on saturdaythe village is trying to survive on the production of a unique handmade paper an art which is 700 years old dating back to the era of muhammad tughalaq a sultan tughalaq is known for shifting his capital from delhi to daulatabad and back recently due to the lack of orders paper manufacturing had come to a grinding halt to revive the historic handmade paper tradition of kagzipura intach aurangabad designed a programme comprising marketing support improvement in quality and training for manufacture of value added paper products said gardeintach aurangabad also roped in trainers from tara technology and action for rural advancement to train the artisans of kagzipura many young women and men from kagzipura participated in the workshop said garde garde added that intach also created a brand identity for kagzipuras handmade paper which was unveiled during a valedictory function held on october 12some of the prominent people who attended the intach programme include mukund bhogale intach convener for maharashtra shivakant bajpayee deputy superintending archaeologist bindu manchanda director heritage craft and community division of intach delhi ajay kulkarni convener of intach aurangabad coconvener maya vaidya and sneha bakshi and azeem shaikh of intach