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http://www.unnatisilks.com/sarees-online/by-popular-variety-name-sarees/venkatagiri-sarees.html Venkatagiri, is a small town in Nellore district of AP, India, is famous for its special brand of sarees, the Venkatagiri Handloom Sarees. They are finely woven, soft to touch, light in weight and comfortable to wear in any season. The Venkatagiri handloom saree, once patronized by royalty for its weaving excellence, is today sought after as an ethnic fabric of unique and long-lasting qualities. Continuing the tradition and sustaining this unique art of weaving is a sizeable population of the town, who have retained the old but combined with new, trends which keep the ethnic fabric alive, even in the present-day highly competitive and changing conditions. The saree is woven in silk,cotton or zari accompanied by attractive prints, elegant borders and eye-catching pallus. One such saree, the jamdani zari saree has Jamdani prints of Bangladeshi origin on a cotton base and a zari border, which has fetched laurels from all quarters. It is a must for social outings, grand parties or corporate functions. The different motifs used here are mango, parrot, animals, birds and other themes of nature made from gold or silver zari, has a more traditional grandeur and feel about it, that make it apt for social occasions. The all-over venkatagiri brocade was known as kimkhab, which has been interpreted to mean no less than a dream, generally carried patterns of jal, a trellis, enclosing stylized buta, or traditional circular roundel, known as ashrafi. Besides, there are the more complicated all-over patterns of shikargah, the hunting scene. The complex pattern would often depict a flowing creeper intermingling with animals, birds and elephants with howdahs, carrying a hunting party. A speciality of the area is the heavy venkatagiri brocade, which has an extra weft of reach gold thread running right across the warp threads, with the motifs picked up in silk thread and jewel-like colors worked in the style of meenakari, a term used for gold enamel jewellery and there it is applied to woven venkatagiri brocades where the rich gold patterns are enlivened by introducing silk threads very much like richly colored enamel designs worked in gold. These designs can only be prepared by master jala workers, the designer and creators of the master pattern, since they successfully camouflage the repeat in the patterns. Unnati has unique fusion creations both in retail and wholesale. Buy Online exclusive venkatagiri Sarees, gold printed sarees, designer golden saris, stylish gold prints saree at low prices from Unnati silks, ethnic Indian shopping store. Worldwide express shipping to India, UK, USA, UAE, Singapore, Malayisa, Oman, Australia and others. The venkatagiri handlooms are famed on their attractive prints, exquisite embroidery and matching borders and successfully continue to meet both general demands and customized orders. Unnati Silks, has trendy designs, attractive patterns, in pleasing colours and combinations in its wide collection of venkatagiri salwar suits and Sarees, at very reasonable prices. Unnati is one of the largest Indian ethnic online websites with over 300 varieties of traditional sarees and salwar kameez.Dispatch is within 24 hours of order. Free delivery & COD is provided for retail.Worldwide express shipping caters to almost all countries across the world. Contact: UNNATI SILK PRINTS PVT. LTD, #3-4-360, Vajra Complex, General Bazar (Tobacco Bazar), M.G.Road, Hyderabad-500003.AP,India. 040-64555251 or 97000 57744.
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