Sari A Typical Dress Of Indian Women
Post on 16,February 2012   10:00 AM
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Sari is one of the most wonderful dresses worn by the womens in India. Infact, when one thinks of a typical beautiful Indian woman, the first thing that strikes the canwas of imagination is a woman clad in sari, who is wearing the solah shringar including chudi, kajal,bindi and several other things as well. Apart from highlighting the characteristic image of the beautiful Indian woman, the Indian dress saree also gives additional grace to the personality of Indian women.


How as wear a Sari

As the Saree is an unstitched piece of clothing generaly made of fine fabric of 4 to 9 metres long depending on the style in which you want to drape it. Though, there can be several ways of draping a Sari, but the most practiced style resorted to by the women in India involves wrapping Sari around the waist, with its one end draped over the shoulder (Pallu or Anchal), thereby covering the chest. Sari is wrapped over the body above the matched petticoat and blouse.

In Northern part of India, petticoat is more often referred to as lehnga/ghagra, whereas in Southern part of the country, it is known as pavada/pavadai and in Eastern parts of the India, it is popularly called shaya. Blouse is usually referred as choli/ ravika. The fitting of blouse is very importance, because poor fitting blouses have been blamed for spoiling the whole look. When it comes to blouse designing and styling, it provides a wide opportunity for experimentation in it.


The fashion of wearing sari has and will always be in as it is most important formal dress as well for the Indian women. Actually the glamour girls like air hostesses, models, actresses have been increasingly endorsing and popularizing sari in India from decades because it reflects glamour in culture.

India is a land of unity in diversities, which is also reflected in its sari draping styles. Infect, today, in every region of the country has come up with some distinctive style of sari draping. Thus, Sari is one attire that offers such a fabulous variety in terms of style, design and fabric that Indian women are bound to get confused pondering over which sari to go in for.

Popular Varieties of Saris in India

On the basis of fabric, motif, weaving style and patterns, some of the popular varieties of saris available in India are as follows

Northern styles:

  • Banarasi - Benares
  • Chikan - Lucknow
  • Jamdani
  • Bandhani - Gujarat and Rajasthan
  • Kota doria Rajasthan
  • Tanchoi
  • Tant

Eastern styles

  • Kantha - West Bengal

Central Styles

  • Chanderi - Madhya Pradesh
  • Baluchari West Bengal
  • Ikat - Orissa
  • Paithani - Maharashtra

Southern styles:

  • Coimbatore - Tamil Nadu
  • Gadwal - Andhra Pradesh
  • Guntur - Andhra Pradesh
  • Narayanpet - Andhra Pradesh
  • Pochampalli Andhra Pradesh
  • Venkatagiri - Andhra Pradesh
  • Ilkal saree - Karnataka
  • Balarampuram - Kerala
  • Chettinad - Tamil Nadu
  • Kanchipuram (locally called Kanjivaram) - Tamil Nadu
  • Mangalagiri - Andhra Pradesh
  • Mysore Silk - Karnataka
  • Bangladeshi saris
  • Dhakai Benarosi
  • Jamdani
  • Katan Sari
  • Pabna
  • Rajshahi Silk
  • Tangail Tanter Sari

 

 


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Comments ( 4 )
Ranjan Chanderi   wonderful- By Ranjan Chanderi

Sari is still an amazing attire for the women beauty of Indian women cant Imagined wethout the sari
Sanjeev Sahai   Great stuff- By Sanjeev Sahai

Sari is most beautiful dress for women
Ravi Nair   Real Charm- By Ravi Nair

Women Real Beauty Reflects in Sari
Kareena   cool Kareena- By Kareena

kareena is cooooooool in sariiiiii

best of luck saifuuuu
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