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To make the wearing more easy and comfortable, the market is all set to sell stitched Kasta sari for those who love drape it. [15] Sandhya Kenjale, another Kasta sari seller, says, "I started stitching nineyard saris because I could never drape it properly. For draping a nineyard sari, you should have some guidance for it is a technique to wear it.
The mundum neriyatum is the extant form of the ancient sari referred to as "Sattika" in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain literature. [3] The mundu is the surviving form of lower garment of the ancient clothing referred to as antariya worn in a special way (lower garment). [4]
Thiruvathirakali dancers dressed in Kerala sari. Kerala sari is regarded as the cultural costume of women of the Malayali community. [2] The grace and appeal of the golden borders contrasting with the otherwise plain white mundum neryathum of Keralite women has come to symbolize Malayali women.
A sari (sometimes also saree [1] or sadi) [note 1] is a women's garment from the Indian subcontinent. [2] It consists of an un-stitched stretch of woven fabric arranged over the body as a robe, with one end attached to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole, [3] sometimes baring a part of the midriff.
To wear one, unlike a sari, one does not have to form pleats but may simply tuck and drape. Like that of a traditional sari, the lehenga-style sari is worn over a petticoat (inskirt; pavadai or langa in the south, and shaya in eastern India, Lehenga in western India), along with a blouse called the choli, which is the upper garment.
Benares is now the most important centre of kimkhwāb production. [7] When Alexander invaded Gandhara in 327 BC, block-printed textiles from India were noticed. [8] [9] [10] According to the Greek historian Arrian: [11] "The Indians use linen clothing, as says Nearchus, made from the flax taken from the trees, about which I have already spoken.
Draping is a most ancient and widespread form of clothing. Many visual arts of the Romans and Indian sculptures , terracottas , cave paintings , and wood carvings (also shown in picture gallery) representing men and women show the same, unstitched clothes with various wrapping and draping styles.
Tangail saree or sari is a traditional handwoven sari of Bangladesh. It originated in the Tangail district of the country. A completely different kind of saree is produced in the Purba Bardhaman and Nadia districts of West Bengal. It is a simplified Jamdani textile which is a hybrid of Shantipuri saree with saree desighns and handloom ...