we should discourage rearing of silkworms follow to ahimsa philosophy
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n the Ahimsa silk division, silk products are manufactured without killing the large numbers of silkworms in contrast to the traditional process. Silk made by this method is termed as Ahimsa silk. In India, ahimsa silk is produced in many parts, including Benaras, Jharkhand, Murshidabad, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.
The process of silk-culture or sericulture is one in which silk products are produced by boiling the pupae, thereby, killing them to obtain their cocoons that are filled with silk. For instance, one gram of silk is produced by killing nearly 15 silkworms and 1,500 silkworms are sacrificed for a mere metre of silk cloth.
While silk is produced by many insects, such as bees, ants, wasps and spiders, textile silk can only be manufactured from the silk of moth caterpillars.