Some Indian Sari’s and their names
- Bangalore Silk
- Benarsi Brocade
- Cotton Silk handloom
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Continued:
1. Indian Crepe Silk
2. Kanchipuram
3. Kanjivaram
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Contd:
1. tanchoi silk
2. Tissue silk
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More:
1. Baluchari (Begal)
2. Benarsi (Varansi/Benaras)
3. Chanderi Silk
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And more:
1. Chickan kari on chiffon silk (Lucknow)
2. Kantha embroidery on Kataan silk (Bengal)
3. Bandhej Gharchola design (Gujrat)
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More:
1. Ikkat
2. Pochampalli- Temple sari (Andhra Pradesh)
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This is awesome...
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wow great job! this is awesome...now i can properly shop for sari's...altho i never have hahhaa
luuvvv Tissue silk sari very beautiful...
thanks!
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more sari’s
http://www.pehchaan.com/fashion/port-folio/
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more....(same website)
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They're nice.
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What makes these two difft?
Kanchipuram and Kanjivaram
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Some of them are very pretty.
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I have this orange chiffon/georgette salwar kameez, n i sooo wanna make a plain sari in that same color/kapra.. but my mom says not til im married :(
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thanks for info- Now i know a little difference between sari's
some of them are really amazing...
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Amelie- from what i researched, they are the same i think.
Kanchipuram, Kanchi, or Kancheepuram (also sometimes Conjeevaram) is the name of a temple town and the headquarters of Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. In ancient times it is called as kachi and kachiampathi.
Kancheepuram town is also known as Silk City since the main profession of the people living in and around is weaving silk sarees,more than 5,000 families are engaged in this industry. The silk weavers of Kanchi settled more than 400 years ago and have given it an enviable reputation as the producer of the best silk sarees in the country. Woven from pure mulberry silk and have an enviable reputation for texture, lustre, durability and finish.
The kanjeevaram sarees have a fine cotton ‘ground’ with silk and zari border and pallu. They are made of a heavy silk, so durable that it can be washed in water at home.
Their patterns display a predominance of bird and animal motifs and the rich gold-brocaded pallus and borders had patterns of rows of deer, peacocks, galloping horses, bulls, elephants, parrots, swans and such other birds in stylised abstraction.
Even mythical creatures find place in the patterns. One such is the yali, bearing a lion’s head and a bird’s body. Another is a combination of a swan and a peacock (often thetail of the peacock takes the form of a decorative carrie), which, incidentally, is a common South Indian motif found in other artifacts.
The two-headed eagle (an ancient Mesopotamian motif) was the royal insignia of the Mysore state and took the shape of a ganda bherunda, yet another popular South Indian motif. In Vedic literature, the two-headed eagle is often referred to as ubhayatah shrishni or dvishrishni suparni, symbolising power.
Some borders have shapes of rudraksha, kodivisiri (floral patterns contained within two parallel lines) and diamond formations. Yet another recurring motif is the mayilkan (peacock’s eye), often adapted into a kuyikan, or nightingale’s eye!
The Kanjeevaram saree gets its name from the town it originated in - Kanchipuram. Kanjeevaram is only its slightly anglicized version ! Kanchipuram,
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what's up with that? i've heard so many girls say that....what's the reason behind it?
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Thanks Sooraj Mukhi!
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In many Pakistani families, a sari is the sign of a married woman.
This is not the case in India and Bangladesh, and it’s also changing in Pakistan.
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why..? so that means if you're not married, you can't wear a sari? doesn't make sense...
i just think that the sari is more of what a 'mature' woman wears..rather than a girl.