The Banarasi Sari | Weaves of India | Varanasi Silk
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Hand crafted and hand woven Banarasi sarees from master weavers in Varanasi
Banarasi saris are saris made in Varanasi, a city which is also called Benares. These saris are historically considered to be among the finest saris in India and are known for their gold and silver brocade or zari, fine silk and opulent embroidery, and being highly sought after. These saris are made of finely woven silk and are decorated with intricate design, and because of these engravings, these saris are relatively heavy. Their special characteristics are Mughal inspired designs such as intricate intertwining floral and foliate motifs, kalga and bel, a string of upright leaves called jhallar at the outer, edge of border is a characteristic of these sarees. Other distinctive features are Heavy gold work, Compact weaving, figures with small details, metallic visual effects, pallus, jal and mina work. These saris are an inevitable part of any Indian bride's trousseau.
Depending upon the intricacy of designs and patterns, a sari can take anywhere from 15 days to a one month and sometimes up to six months to complete. Banarasi saris are mostly worn by Indian women on important occasions such as when attending a wedding and are expected to be complemented by the woman's best jewelry. Today there are four main varieties of Banarasi sari, which includes pure silk (Katan), Organza (Kora) with Zari and silk; Georgette, and Shattir, and according to design process, they are divided into categories like, Jangla, Tanchoi, Vaskat, Cutwork, Tissue and Butidar.
Over the years, the Banarasi Silk handloom industry has been incurring huge losses because of the unfair competition from mechanised units producing the 'Baranasi silk sarees' at a much faster rate and at much cheaper cost, another source of competition has been sarees made of cheaper synthetic alternatives to silk. In 2009, after two years of wait, weaver associations in Uttar Pradesh, secured Geographical Indication (GI) rights for the 'Banaras Brocades and Sarees'. GI is an intellectual property right, which identifies a good as originating in a certain region where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the product is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.
Varanasi also commonly known as Benares or Benaras and Kashi, is a city situated on the banks of the River Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (199 mi) southeast of state capital Lucknow. It is regarded as a holy city by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.
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Saree shop in Vadodara
Saree shop in Vadodara or Baroda city in Gujarat, India. Men folding sarees to put them away. Sprawling mall in Vadodara...
Home to almost 1.6 million people, Vadodara is is the fourth most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat. It was formerly known as Baroda, this place is dated back to the 9th century when it was a small town called Ankottaka located on the right bank of the river Vishvamitri. Vadodara enjoys a special place in the state of Gujarat with various establishments such as Bank of Baroda,Gujarat Refinery, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (GSFC), Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited.
This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com
Ritu Kumar creates 'Varanasi' magic on ramp at LFW 2015
with her 'Varanasi Weaves' collection on day 3 of the ongoing Lakmé Fashion Week 2015 in Mumbai. Kumar's initiative to honour Varanasi weavers was supported by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari too joined hands by walking the runway as showstopper. Hydari wore a beautiful pink colour banarsi saree in a contemporary avatar. Lakme Fashion Week 2015 is a five-day event to showcase the winter collection by famous designers in Mumbai from 26 to 30 August.
SELL OLD COINS AND BECOME MILLIONER | अपने पुरने सिक्को को बेच कर कमाए लखो रुपय
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Bottle Planter | Bhojpuri | Recycle Plastic Bottles
Empty plastic water bottles have become a great pollution menace. But you could recycle them to make beautiful BOTTLE PLANTERS. Cut 1-cm of the bottle from the top end. It will form a bowl. Make a hole in the lid for the water to drain out. You will need two such bowls and one base from a bottle. Make three holes in the base bowl so as to hang it by a strong string. Finally hang all the three bottle bowls as shown. Fill these bowls with soil and sow beautiful plants and flowers. Do not forget to water them regularly. You can beautify your window sill with these wonderful recycled bottle planters. This work was supported by IUCAA and Tata Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit tatatrusts.org
OK Jaanu - Bringing Jaanu back | Aditya Roy Kapur | Shraddha Kapoor | Shaad Ali
They are silly, whacky, adorable & super cute - all the names that you call your loved ones! Aditya Roy Kapur & Shraddha Kapoor are bringing back Jaanu as the rage again with OK Jaanu!
OK Jaanu (OK जानू) is a millennial love story! Adi & Tara move to Mumbai to pursue their dreams. A chance meeting sparks off a heady, no strings attached romance until their careers pull them apart. Will ambition prevail over matters of the heart?
Directed by Shaad Ali
Produced by Mani Ratnam, Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar, & Apoorva Mehta
Distributed by Fox Star Studios
In Theatres 13th January, 2017
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Ekvira Aai Tu Dongaravari | Ekvira Aai Non Stop Songs | Koli Songs Non Stop
Watch the Koli Songs Non Stop from the album Ekveera Aai Tu Dongravari Superhit 24 Nonstop Wings Entertainment Ltd
Ekvira Aai Mandir is a Hindu temple located near the Karla Caves near Lonavala in Maharashtra, India. Here, the worship of the goddess Ekvira is carried on right next to the caves, once a center of Buddhism. Koli songs and Koli Dance is one the important part of Koli Community and Culture.
Artist: Mahesh Jadhav, Neeta Patil, Gauri Jadhav, Kavitha Ghadshi, Pragati Killekar, Dinesh Jadhav, Vidya Waghmare,
Dance Director : Pragati Killekar
Lyricts : Naredra Koli, Jagdish Mali, Rupchand Choudari, Dinesh Pentar, Dipak Patil
Music Director : Milind Mohite
Singer's : Shakuntala Jadhav, Priya Mayekar, Santosh Nayak, Ravikumar, Anandkumar