Silk saree with 1330 couplets from a scripture

Coimbatore: Silk handloom weavers in Coimbatore have woven a resplendent new Saree with 1,330 Thirukurals or couplets from holy scriptures in Tamil spun into the silk.

Buzz up!The Thirukurals were written by legendary Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar and reportedly date back to the 4th century AD.

"We have accommodated all the aspects of the holy Thirukkural (Tamil couplets) in this silk saree (drape). The length of this saree is 6 1/4 metres and breadth is 48" inches and it weighs 1 1/2 kilograms, " said Balasubramanian, a silk handloom weaver. Read More................Tamil silk saree with 1330 couplets from a scripture on display at Coimbatore

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Banana bonanza: Eat it, wear it

Sarees made from banana fibre?

Yes, they existed during the Ramayana era; and the art has been revived after several millennia at a village near Chennai. What’s more, these sarees are eco-friendly. And no, they aren’t slippery. Read More................Tamil Nadu village’s banana bonanza: Eat it, wear it

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Rs 40 lakh Sari

A Rs 40-lakh(100,000 US$) silk sari, intricately woven with 12 precious stones and metals and replicating 11 famous paintings of Raja Ravi Verma, will seek an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most expensive sari. Read more.....................Rs 40 lakh sari seeks entry into Guinness

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Sari for copying in examination hall

"Sari" is a garment for women in India. Its five or six or nine yards have been the defining drape of Indian womanhood from time immeorial. But here is an interesting story of a women of Patna in Bihar State of India who was wearing a sari with answers printed on them inside an examination hall.

A woman copying her answers from the sari she was wearing at RPM College, Patna City, in the ongoing degree part-II honours examinations of Magadh University (MU) was caught by a special team from the Raj Bhawan led by Krishna Kumar, OSD to the chancellor, during its surprise raid over there.

Answers to different probable questions were written in fine handwriting on the pleats and borders of the sari worn by the examinee. Read more............Sari for copying

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Sourav Ganguly appears on Saris too!!!!!

The Great Indian Cricketer Sourav Ganguly as a comeback man gears up to prove himself on the 22 yards of the Caribbeans in the world Cup, he also makes an appearance on the nine-yards of cloth all Indian women love to wear - the traditional Indian Sari!!!!!!

With the World Cup bugle sounded and Ganguly making a fairy-tale comeback, the famed handloom weavers of West Bengal are encashing on the frenzy as 'Sourav saris' are set to hit the market.

Dada, as Ganguly is fondly called, is being featured on the Bengali tanter sari (handloom sari) made at Katwa in Burdwan district, about 150 north of here.

'We are making about 150 pieces with Sourav Ganguly in action featured on those. We hope the Sourav saris would be in demand,' said Sandip Roy, a handloom weaver of Amdanga Tantubai Samity (Amdanga Handloom Society) at Katwa.

According to Achinta Das, the samity manager, each sari is completed after three to four days of painstaking work. 'Hope there is good demand for these saris,' Das said.

The weavers were trained by an expert for the new designs on the saris.

Handloom weaving, an important cottage industry of Burdwan district, is mainly done at Katwa with the Katwa Industrial Centre being the district's main handloom centre.

Dada and Team India are being cheered on in West Bengal in several other ways ways too.

Bengali Band 'Jowar' (High Tide) is setting the city on fire with their peppy track 'Team India'. They have also dedicated a song exclusively to Ganguly.

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