Additional Links Contact for Dr. S. Rama Krishna Pisipaty: Prof. & Geoarchaeologist, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Culture Women wearing sarees: From Old Indian Photos
Unlike thick Southern silks or Chettinad cottons, a Chanderi saree cannot be worn without a blouse underneath. All sarees began their life sans blouses. In
Most of the master weavers we spoke to said that Chanderi sarees (unlike, say Kanchipuram weaves which tolerate hand-washing) need to be dry cleaned. The
It could have been a street in Marrakech. A slim old lady in a purple hijab surrounded by blue-tinted mud homes. Cobblestone streets reminiscent of Chefchaouen,