How to gauge the quality of a Chanderi saree?
How do you gauge the quality of a Chanderi saree? One way is through the quality of the buttis. Are they simple or complicated?...
chanderi particulars
Interesting facts and links
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...
Caring for your Chanderi Saree
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...
What can an enlightened consumer do?
Bunty Goud and I are trying to solve the problems of the world, or at least the problem of how to improve the lives and...
The Clothing of Royalty
It was Delhi-based textile and art expert, Alka Raghuvanshi who put the thought in my head. Chanderi in Mughal Miniatures? “If you look at old...
