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2. Lehenga-style sari - Wikipedia

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   Actress Raima Sen in a lehenga-style sari. A lehenga-style sari is a modern garment introduced in India that blends elements of the traditional sari and lehenga choli. A lehenga-style sari is normally 4.5 metres (5 yards) to 5.5 metres (6 yards) long. To wear one, unlike a sari, one does not have to form pleats but may simply tuck and drape.

3. Sari - Wikipedia

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   A sari (sometimes also saree [1] or sadi) [note 1] is a drape (cloth) [2] and a women's garment in the Indian subcontinent. [3] It consists of an un-stitched stretch of woven fabric arranged over the body as a dress, with one end attached to the waist, while the other end rests over one shoulder as a stole, [4] [5] sometimes baring a part of the midriff.

4. The Chennai Silks - Wikipedia

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   In 2007, a Guinness world record - "most expensive silk saree" was created by Chennai Silks. [5] It was worth about $100,021; £50,679 (worth ₹41 lakhs) and features reproductions of 11 famous paintings by the Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The main image is a reproduction of Raja Ravi Varma's Galaxy of Musicians. It took around 4760 hours to ...

5. Mangalagiri sarees and fabrics - Wikipedia

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   The production of the Mangalagiri sari includes different stages which includes: [7] Raw materials – pure cotton yarn, silver and gold zaris, synthetic and natural dyes and some chemicals. Cotton purification – This process involves boiling of hank cotton to remove certain impurities, soaked overnight, rinsed and made suitable for dyeing ...

6. Kovai Cora cotton - Wikipedia

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   The cotton sarees produced through power-looms cost ₹ 400 (US$4.60) to ₹ 600 (US$6.90) compared to hand woven sarees which cost between ₹ 900 (US$10) and ₹ 1,200 (US$14) per saree. [9] High excise duty on yarn used by the hand-looms leading to higher production costs and greater efficiency of power-looms have contributed to the fall in ...

7. Mekhela Sador - Wikipedia

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   It is a wide cylindrical piece cloth that is folded into one or two pleats to fit around the waist and tucked in. The pleats are folded to the right and are typically fewer in number as opposed to the pleats of Saree, which are generally folded to the left and have multiple pleats. Strings are never used to tie the mekhela around the waist ...