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Increasing income levels is key to protect traditional sari weaving for future generations
6 months, 1 week ago

Increasing income levels is key to protect traditional sari weaving for future generations

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: India is world famous for its multiplicity of languages, cultures and even attires. Developed under the patronage of Maharani Adi Lakshmi Devamma of Gadwal Samsthanam, a small princely state under the Nizam of Hyderabad, Gadwal saris are known for their delicate cotton base and rich zari work. In spite of the popularity of Gadwal saris among people, its weavers …

Hyderabad Sari Saris Weavers Gadwal Looms Increasing Income
Reviving the centuries-old Udupi sari
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Reviving the centuries-old Udupi sari

Live Mint  

Sharadha, 50, was about 12 years old when she first wove a sari. The dwindling numbers almost went unnoticed until 2015 when Mamatha Rai, a former college lecturer in Mangaluru and a long-time Udupi sari loyalist, was gifted one by her businessman husband B.C. “Udupi saris are not just culturally important but also the need of the hour," says Rai. …

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From Kausalya’s land, Ram Setu sari unfolds rare weave
11 months, 3 weeks ago

From Kausalya’s land, Ram Setu sari unfolds rare weave

The Hindu  

Sometime last year, when Ayodhya was being decked out for the Ram temple inauguration, almost 900 km away in Odisha’s remote Katapali village in Bargah district, Ishwar Meher worked on a sari depicting Ram Setu. A 2015 National Award-winning master craftsperson, Mr. Ishwar Meher worked with handwoven cotton yarn for five months, using natural dyes extracted from flowers, jaggery, gram …

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Pavithra Muddaya: ‘I had to call it the Cubbonpet sari’
1 year, 5 months ago

Pavithra Muddaya: ‘I had to call it the Cubbonpet sari’

The Hindu  

“It’s easier to weave a sari than set up a loom, especially when you take into account the mathematical and technical precision needed for the latter,” says textile revivalist Pavithra Muddaya while talking about her journey to revive several weaves of Karnataka, including the Cubbonpete Sari. Through research and documentation and confirmation from weavers in Molkalmuru, a district in Chitradurga, …

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How did sari revivalist Vinay Narkar recreate the Motichoor sari, once woven in the Deccan?
1 year, 7 months ago

How did sari revivalist Vinay Narkar recreate the Motichoor sari, once woven in the Deccan?

The Hindu  

For sari revivalist Vinay Narkar, the six-yard and nine-yard unstitched drapes are not merely a piece of cloth but a repository of India’s tradition of native weaves and patterns that showcase the unmatched skills and creativity of the subcontinent’s weaving communities. Designs from the Deccan Vinay first came across the word motichoor while reading Ukhane, in which a bride introduces …

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Parliamentarian Mahua Moitra 'rebels with a cause' in ₹27k silk sari for magazine
3 years, 6 months ago

Parliamentarian Mahua Moitra 'rebels with a cause' in ₹27k silk sari for magazine

Hindustan Times  

Parliamentarian Mahua Moitra is a well known personality, who is known across India for her impassioned speeches in Parliament. Parliamentarian Mahua Moitra for Harper's Bazaar India Mahua Moitra, the 17th Lok Sabha from Krishnanagar, West Bengal, also makes quite the stunning picture in her perfectly ironed handloom saris, dark hair and kohl-lined eyes as she stands shoulder to shoulder with …

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Dharmavaram sari makers hang by a thread
4 years, 9 months ago

Dharmavaram sari makers hang by a thread

The Hindu  

Dharmavaram silk saris are famous the world over for their quality and probably the most popular only after Kanchipuram Pattu. Weavers in all towns and villages around Dharmavaram should have been plush with orders and every weavers’ colony should have been reverberating with the sound of handlooms, but the lockdown has reversed the situation. We have woven just two saris …

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