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  • The Grid and Grit of Silk – on the Loom
    February 26, 2018 Mallika Priya

    The Grid and Grit of Silk – on the Loom

    The handloom weavers of the Kanjeevaram sarees have a special relationship with the loom. The carrier of the age-old techniques, a witness to the yarns and designs that have emerged over the years - it is the loom that enhances...

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  • Shades Of Rainbow And Hearts
    January 22, 2018 Mallika Priya

    Shades Of Rainbow And Hearts

    The streets of Kanchipuram are the womb to flawless Kanchipuram silk saris. The paths leading to the weavers' adobe are woven with ethnicity, warm aura and shades of the rainbow. The alluring endearment in the weaver's heart is carefully interwoven...

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  • August 9, 2013 Akshat Jain

    Weavers World

     Picture courtesy: kanjivaram.org The tradition of weaving in India has an ancient, storied past. Beginning with the discovery of bone needles and cotton fragments in Indus Valley Civilization sites, there are references to the weaver’s craft in religious epics...

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