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A glimpse of Chanderi
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Authentic Traditional Indian Handloom products
A cloudy day in Chanderi..
You can find
these boards
quite often
all across all across
Chanderi..
Outside view of a weaver's house in Chanderi..
The Handloom set up, often referred to as Khatka. These
handlooms have kept the tradition of Chanderi alive for
over 900 years..
The bags filled with sand, to keep the threads taut.. It takes
for a weaver to set up the loom for a particular design or
combination around 5 to 7 days, after which the production
of a saree begins..
The sarees are woven in the handloom upside down. Hence, a
weaver has to repeatedly check the saree using a mirror.
A small non-working model of a handloom (khatka)
A hand equipment used in the making of a Chanderi saree..
The speciality of Chanderi sarees is that the design goes along with
the weaving, and are not embroidered. It takes anywhere between 4
to 30 days to make a saree in the handlooms.
Chanderi is primarily a cottage industry, with weavers making sarees in
their homes. A weaver family normally has 2-3 handlooms in its home,
and a family weaves an average of 8-15 sarees every month.
The image shows a weaver lady sharpening the tool used in making of
the saree.
It's not at all difficult to spot a Bapu's Charkha in Chanderi..
Chanderi is also locally known for it's Sitaphal (Sugar-apple). The
image of the son of a weaver atop a sitaphal tree.
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