We at PKC Laundries offer the following services to a saree
- Washing
- Dry-cleaning
- Rolling
- Polishing
- Dyeing
- Steam Ironing
We are into this business from 6 years. Apart from the services we offer we have also researched on many details about a saree. We will be sharing you many interesting stories on- from where the sarees have originated to types of sarees to business related to sarees and many more.
In this article I will be taking you through the origin of a SAREE and its various types.
History:
- Sari is a fashionable garment now, but it started from being a humble drape used by women thousands of years ago. The origin of this drape or a garment similar to the sari is traced back to the Indus Valley Civilization, which came into being during 2800–1800 BC in North West India
- It is traditionally worn in the countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal
- The journey of sari began with cotton, which was first cultivated in the Indian subcontinent around 5th millennium BC
- The cultivation was followed by weaving of cotton which became big during the era, as weavers started using prevalent dyes like indigo, lac, red madder and turmeric to produce the drape used by women to hide their modesty
Name:
The garment evolved from a popular word 'satika' which means women's attire, in ancient India in Sanskrit literature.
Satika was a three-piece ensemble comprising-
- Antriya - the lower garment,
- Uttariya - a veil worn over the shoulder or the head
- Stanapatta which is a chest band
Dimensions:
A sari is a garment that consists of an unstitched drape varying from 4.5 to 9mtrs or 15 to 30 ft. in length and 600 to 1,200 mm or 24 to 47 inches in breadth
Types of Sarees:
Women traditionally wore various types of regional handloom sarees made of silk, cotton, ikkat, block-print, embroidery and tie-dye textiles
The development of textiles in India started reflecting in the designs of the saris they started including figures, motifs, flowers, beads etc.,
Years later with the advent of foreigners, the rich Indian women started asking the weavers to use expensive stones, gold threads to make exclusive sarees for them, which could make them stand out.
With industrialization entering India, synthetic dyes made their official entry. Local traders started importing chemical dyes from other countries and along came the unknown techniques of dyeing and printing, which gave Indian saris a new unimaginable variety.
With increasing foreign influence, sari became the first Indian international garment.
There are hundreds of saree types based on various regions in India. Some of the popular sarees we will be discussing are-
- Banarasi, Shalu, - Uttar Pradesh
- Pattu- Himachal Pradesh
- Chaderi, Maheshwari- Madhya Pradesh
- Kosa Silk- Chhattisgarh
- Tant, Baluchari Saree, Kaantha saree- West Bengal
- Mooga Silk- Assam
- Sambalpuri Silk and Cotton Saree, Ikkat Silk and Cotton Saree, Bomkai Saree, Kandua Silk and Cotton Saree, Pasapali Saree- Odisha
- Bandhani, Patola- Gujarat
- Kota doria, Bagru- Rajasthan
- Lugade- Maharashtra
- Mysore Silk, Sulebhavi Saree, Molkalmuru saree- Karnataka
- Kanchipuram Silk, Ilkl saree, Salem silk, Kandangi, Koorai, Chennai, Karaikudi, Tiruchirappalli sarees, Nagercoli sarees, Thoothukudi, Thanjavur sarees, Tiruppur- Tamil Nadu
- Gadwal, Pochampally sarees, Narayanpet, Dharmavaram Silk, Uppada Silk Sarees, Venkatagiri, Mangalagiri Silks- Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- Kerala Silk, Balarampuram, Mundum Neriyathum- Kerala
Banarasi Silk:
Dharmavaram Silk:
Kanchipuram Silk:
Mysore Silk:
Pattu Saree:
Pochampally Silk:
Sambalpuri Saree :
What started as India's first seamless garment, went onto become the symbol of Indian femininity.
In the next part of this article, we will be discussing on the saree making techniques
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