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Yesterday, in Taj Palace, Zoya and Khazana presented Banaras. They showcased how Tata has adopted a village of weavers and revived the handloom woven banarasi saris there. The saris are adorned by the staff of Taj hotels and sold in Khazana. I fell in love with banarasi handwoven traditional saris all over again. It was an extremely elegant do with a sit down pure vegetarian dinner, served traditionally in thalis. The evening showcased their exquisite Zoya diamond jewelry and traditional banarasi saris that take 6- 12 weeks to be woven. They were worn by very elegant women- few models, Miss India 2008- Parvathy Omanakutham, women from khazana, writers, lawyers, social activitists, etc. I had worn a banarasi net Sari to the event. Mouth watering vegetarian- rather vegan food. I gobbled down everything. This was the centre decoration of my table. Banaras backdrop with priests chanting mantras and doing banaras traditional aarti. Parvathy Omanakut...

Few readers wanted more colorful saris. So here is something unusual, hand woven, traditional and classical. The price is mentioned in Indian Rupee.  I ship internationally. Shipping charges are extra. Limited stock available Because each piece is unique and not woven in multiple numbers. While ordering, please mention the date of the blog post and the number in front of each piece. To place your order email me at kiran.sawhney@gmail.com 1. Net jute silk. Pink and green sari. available in two shades. Price: Rs.11,000/- 2. Second shade of the above sari. It has lighter pink.  Price: Rs.11,000/- 3. Chanderi tissue sari- olive green color and red color. Show below- left is the body- all over small buti (motif). Right side is palla in red. Red border. Price: Rs. 10,000/- Below is palla 4. Pistachio green chanderi sari- very subtle, very fresh and refreshing. Its cool like peppermint. Below is the body. Price: Rs. 10,000...