The unusual attraction of the Narayanpet handloom cotton sarees

Category: Fashion

The Narayanpet Saree, though woven in silk also sports a range of exotic and appealing handloom cotton sarees traditionally from Narayanpet, a town in Telangana, India. Narayanpet Sarees originally came through a Marathi influence; patronage of Shivaji, the Marathi ruler. The appeal of the Narayanpet Cotton Saree The Narayanpet handloom cotton sarees are known for the the body colour contrasts against the pallu, the characteristic zari border and stripes, fine light colour floral block prints on dark coloured backdrops with multi-colour tiranga borders, a special bandhani pattern design with woven bootis on the saree and large bootis bock printed on the designer pallu - all that elevate the look and appeal of the saree. It generally has a good fineness count also. Higher the count, finer the material! Employing vegetable dyes to the extent possible, the Narayanpet Saree has fast colours. Narayanpet handloom sarees are traditionally woven in the interlocked-weft technique which improves the strength of the weave. The influence of the temple is strong hence the temple style border is a characteristic feature on almost all the sarees woven.