Showroom · Chennai
A Mylapore label selling handwoven Kanchipuram silks in pure mulberry silk and pure zari, with each design woven as a single piece. It also stocks Kalamkari, ikat and Banarasi silks. Visits are at its Mylapore store or by appointment at its experience studio nearby; check the current address before going, as listings differ.
| Type | Showroom |
|---|---|
| Home city | Chennai |
| Area | Mylapore, Musiri Subramaniam Road / Karpagambal Nagar |
| Website | panjavarnam.com |
Kanchipuram, the temple town about 75 km south-west of Chennai, is the best-known silk weaving centre in Tamil Nadu, and its sarees are widely regarded as the classic south Indian bridal silk.
Kalamkari, from 'kalam' (pen) and 'kari' (work), is a method of hand painting or block printing on cloth with natural dyes.
Pochampally (Bhoodan Pochampally) is a town in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, about 40 km from Hyderabad, and the centre of a cluster of more than eighty weaving villages, including Koyalagudem, Puttapaka, Siripuram and Choutuppal, that produce ikat sarees and fabrics.
The Banarasi saree is woven in and around Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, one of the oldest brocade centres in India.
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