Monday, 12 August 2013

Fabric Colour of Tant Saree

Woman Showing Tant Banarasi

Codes for Designing used in jaquard machine

Loom 

Bobbins

Drum House

Weaver weaving the saree

Phulia Railway Station

washing of threads



colour threads

























It is considered to be the most comfortable saree for the Indian hot and humid climate.

The bustling town of Shantipur in Nadia district of West Bengal, India, is just 90 kilometres (2 hours drive) north of the metropolis of Kolkata. Neighbouring Fulia is often uttered in the same breath with Shantipur. Together they are perhaps the most renowned Bengal handloom saree weaving centre in Bengal. Shantipur and Fulia Sarees are the household names across India.

 

Tant Saree is a traditional Indian Saree and usually used by Bengali women. It is traditionally made by the weavers from all over West Bengal and Bangladesh. typically few places like Murshidabad, Nadia, Hooghly of West Bengal and Dhaka, Tangail of Bangladesh are famous for Tant Saree weaving.