online shopping for traditional pure venkatagiri handloom cotton sarees collection by unnatisilks

Venkatagiri, a small town in Nellore district of AP, India, is famous for its special brand of sarees, the Venkatagiri Handloom Cotton Sarees. Finely woven and soft to touch they are extremely light in weight and comfortable to wear in any season. Venkatagiri sarees are acknowledged for their fine quality and workmanship and despite trying times have not lost their lustre to this day. The undimmed spirit of the weavers and their families has ensured the continuation of a tradition that has contributed immensely to ethnic handlooms.

The Venkatagiri saris are woven in silk or cotton with zari, accompanied by attractive prints, from flora, fauna and nature, elegant borders and eye-catching pallus. The motifs are very attractive with subjects of flora and fauna generally chosen. The Venkatagiri handloom saree, once patronized by royalty for its weaving excellence, is today sought after as an ethnic fabric of unique and long-lasting qualities. Continuing the tradition and sustaining this unique art of weaving is a sizeable population of the town, who have retained the old but combined with new, trends which keep the ethnic fabric alive, even in the present-day highly competitive and changing conditions.

There being a lot of experimentation, the variety and range of Venkatagiri Handlooms is phenomenal. The Jamdani Silk Sarees, has ‘Jamdani’ prints on a Cotton base and a Zari border, which has fetched laurels from all quarters. It is a must for exclusive occasions.

The handloom silks variant with motifs of mango, parrot, animals, birds and other themes of nature made from gold or silver zari, has a more traditional grandeur and feel about it, that make it apt for social occasions. There is an Institute of Handloom Technology, which attracts those wishing to make a career in Handloom fabrics, and have weaving as part of their practical curriculum. This also benefits Venkatagiri subsequently from graduates who stay on to provide their knowledge in suggesting new designs and modern techniques to implement in the traditional craft.

The Venkatagiri Handloom Cotton Sarees range at Unnati Silks to buy online is phenomenal. There are white and light coloured sarees like a fresh breeze with light floral prints. There are plain dark coloured saris with stripes on the pallus an attractive colour and zari borders. Then you have earthy and subdued colour sarees that have jacquard weaving designs all over the saree and zari borders. Also you have striking coloured sarees with tantalizing colours and nice fancy prints.

Unnati silks, largest ethnic Indian shop to buy online provides offers for you to buy online Venkatagiri handloom sarees online with matching blouse for sale. Online shopping store with the widest range of ethnic Indian Sarees online and Salwar Kameez online.

At Unnati Silks, you can buy Venkatagiri Handloom sari online from the exclusive range of saris - a unique, fancy, exclusive collection of Traditional, Wedding, bridal attire, stylish, party, trendy fashion, formal, corporate, office, daily casual saris in pure silk sarees, pure cotton sarees, sico, art silk georgette, chiffon, dupion, tussar silk sarees, organza, crepe, gicha, jute and other fabric varieties at attractive prices.

You can buy Venkatagiri Handloom sarees online at Unnati silks and products will be dispatched within 24 working hours of placing the order. We have free shipping and Cash on Delivery (COD) facility for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bhopal, Indore, Lucknow, Jaipur, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Dispur, Itanagar, Kohima, Chandigarh , Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jullundur, Ernakulam and many other Indian cities and towns.

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Narayanpet Saree, traditional patterned weaves, shining revival

Narayanpet Sarees are traditional handlooms made in Narayanpet, a town in Mahbubnagar District, abricA.P., India.  The characteristic Zari check patterns on a silk or cotton body with a contrasting colour temple border and plain border on both sides, are distinguishing features of the Narayanapet Sari. A family tradition involving all its members, the Narayanpet handlooms are woven in silk and cotton, though the preference was once more for silk on account of the returns.

Narayanpet Sarees originally came through a Marathi influence; the royal patronage of Shivaji, the Marathi ruler. Later Lokapalli Sansthanam, an organized body, devoted efforts to see this traditional art form flourish. Even today, wearing a Narayanpet Saree is considered auspicious, and offering of the same is meant for the Goddess.

The Narayanpet  saree has a fineness count of 80:80. Fineness count is a number expressing how fine the fabric is. Higher the count, finer the material. Here fineness is indicative of the fibres per unit length of warp and weft.

The handloom weaving of the Narayanpet Silk fabric could take 2-3 days to complete. Comparatively, a Narayanpet Cotton Saree would take a day to weave. It is roughly estimated that there are about 1000 families or slightly more, involved in the making of this ethnic fabric. Employing vegetable dyes, the Narayanpet Saree has colours both rich and bright. The colour is mostly retained throughout the life of the fabric.

The Saree making process involves separation of gum from the yarn, bleaching so that the yarn loses its natural colour and would readily acquire the vegetable dye colour. Washed again after colouring and dried in shade for fastness of colour to be retained, the yarn is spun into threads. Threads are laid out on the warp (length wise lay) and rolled onto small sticks for the weft (breadth wise weaving).

A weaver makes 30 sarees from one beam of warp. It would take a month to complete weaving of one beam. Narayanpet handloom sarees are traditionally woven in the interlocked-weft technique.

Geographical Indication(GI) Status has been awarded to the Narayanpet Saree in April 2013. The GI status recognises the valuable contribution made by these weavers in keeping alive a cultural heritage of Andhra Pradesh and is a big relief to the beleaguered weavers of Narayanpet.

Narayanpet Saris are worn in their various forms for different occasions.

Fancy block floral prints on narayanpet cotton saree is preferred for daily casual, by college professors, corporate women and teachers.

The Pure Handloom Narayanapet Sari is fashionable wear with its kundans on thread embroidery designs, and zari border with an attractive pallu. It is generally worn for college parties, festivals and event functions.

Unnati  Silks has believed in healthy fusion of traditional and trendy.Combining the basic fabric with different combinations of prints, patterns, colours and applied to different styles, new seamless versions have emerged. 

Pure cotton plain body with traditional pattern designer pallu and coloured borders,

Or pure cotton sarees with block prints on body with designer block-printed pallu with multi-colour double borders,

Or pure cotton plain body sarees with temple design zari border and zari border pallu with plain borders in moderate colours.

These are but a few examples of Unnati’s innovative experiments on healthy fusion with Narayanpet sarees.

Unnati Silks, devoted to ethnic sarees and salwar kameez materials, has trendy designs, attractive patterns, pleasing colours and combinations in its wide collection of Rajkot Silk Patola Sarees and Cotton Patola Sarees at very reasonable prices. Dispatch is within 24 hours of order, with free delivery & COD for retail, and world-wide express shipping.  Contact: UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD,#3-4-360, Vajra Complex, General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), M.G.Road, Hyderabad-500003. AP,India.040-64555251 or 97000 57744. www.unnatisilks.com