Indian Saree-the Majestic wear for Ladies
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The good old Indian wear
Saree,(Or -sadi, as it is called in Hindi belt) is most widely used dress in India.Apart form India, Pakisthan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka also have saree as a most loved lady wear.Even though fashions are now changing and different dresses are worn by ladies in these countries also, they all agree that saree gives a different look altogether.
Structure of a saree
Saree is a single stretch of cloth running now to a length of 5 to five and a half meters.In earlier days, its length used to reach even 7 meters.
A saree, traditionally has three parts.They are- 1)Body of the saree,2)border, and 3)pallu or the last end .
Border and pallu will be usually of the same colour , but the body part(which is stretched from one end to the pallu part) covers the most part of the wearer.It may be plain. or may be having printed or embroidered designs on it.
Materials out of which saree is made
In olden days, sarees used to be made fromthreads made from the bark of the trees.Rishis and their wives used to wear such cloths( they were not stiched).Later, cotton became the main raw material in the production of sarees.Now a days, sarees are manufactured from the following materials:
1 cotton
2Silk
3Polyster syntehtic fibres
4 Art silk(atificially produced silk)
5 Mixture of silk and cotton
Out of the above,polyster sarees may or may be fully plain, have printed or embroidered designs and may be with or without border and pallu.
For comfort sake in working and fast movements, now a days, ladies are shifting to churidars, jeans etc. But everybody agrees thar nothing equals the majesty of sarees.
COST OF SAREES
cost of a saree varies in unbelievable range. The rate differs depending on the material used and workmanship. Simple polyester sarees are available for even Rs.100(u.s. $2 and a half) or even little less. But such sarees may not lost for more than six months or half a dozen washes.From this point , rates rise.simple cotton sarees of conciderable good quality are now available for about Rs.400 (1 u.s $=about Rs.42 now). They are good but not so attractive. Artificial silk sarees are available from Rs.600 onwords. Pure silk sarees have to be paid from Rs.!000 to lakhs together. Silk sarees with low cost do not have much design work.As the thickness, smoothness, designing, use of silver and/or gold. increases the cost of the saree.
Wedding saree worn by famous celebrity Aishwarya Rai , it is said, costed Rs.3,00,000.( about 750 dollers. ).That may not be a big amount from U.S. price standard. But, if the same saree has to be purchased in United States, it would definately cost more than 3000 dollers.
Really, Saree is different! whether U agree or not?
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Comments
A very fine and short but copact article on sarees.Really, saree is a blessing costume even for forign ladies.
Good. I often ware saree whenever I wish to feel free. I would like to wear it always, if only I were not a working lady who happens to walk in a hasty manner.
A good article that upholds the greatness of a decent robe. In many palaces of India sarees used by Queens are still preserved. They bear the golden threads.
Fine article;Saree is our proud!
Now a days sarees are becoming more fashionable and costlier.But we love them
YOU NEED TO SHOW MORE DIVERSITY OF RACES WEARING SAREES. I KNOW OF CARIBBEAN, AFRICAN & WHITE AMERICANS WHO WEAR SAREES.
Saree is one of the most respected Indian costume world over. Indians generally males hesitating to wear their traditional dresses when they are in foreign countries, but saree retains its traditional charm and developded to suit modern fashion needs.
A good article. I love saree very much and wear it outside.
A fine article on Indian sarees. I have often seen forigners wearing saree for just fancy also look very dignified.
love sarees. they are very billiant. well written.
Saris are nice and gorgous but hard to take care of http://www.infoctionary.com/bollywoodshop/c/auctio
Dear Tabu fan,
Do you know that our Indian ladies were riding horses, fighting wars, doing all things waring saree? The difficulty is not with the saree, but with the mind.
this very fine article.thanks so much
Didn't mean that way, hard to take care of fine cloth and washing (not all sairs but some)
nice hub with good photographs. I am proud of Indian culture. Would like to see more on Indian culture.
Sarees are the pride of every Indian woman.
Arent sarees elegant?
I do not support Sarees. I would rather prefer anything which covers me fully like a pants and shirt or salwaar kameez. I do not like to show skin and a saree is highly unsuitable for someone who has to travel on the job a lot. One other drawback is tht most saree wearers take a lot of time on dressing up and makeup when all i take is a 5 minutes maximum.
They are so elegant and beautiful, I didn't know that so much material was involved in one saree!!!
Just one question are they comfortable to wear?
Surely. but you must get used to it. Indian ladies have fought wars wearing sarees. But now most of
Indian girls are finding it difficult to cope up with.
sarry is a looking of ladys beauteful look very comfartable and tredestional me uma silks
nice i like but not yet
Sarees have always been a part of Indian tradition. Thank u sir for this nice post.
god create a women but when she wears a silk sarees than become a gentle womean


















oarnamav says:
2 years ago
Hum!!
A saree..........
I think it's slowly going outdated.
The saree looks better to heighted women mostly.