Venkatagiri is a place of cotton
Handloom weaving, in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The place
is popular for cotton Handloom saris. Venkatagiri cotton saris are unique, and
they are popular in amongst all the cotton saris. Venkatagiri cotton saris look
classy and elegant with their unique charm. Venkatagiri is developing
industrially and also in educational sector. Venkatagiri is having Indian institute
of handloom technology.
Venkatagiri
has got its own unique weaving excellence and one can specify and get designer
saris for a price. In fact in the earlier days these weavers used to weave very
few saris for the Kings, and the remuneration they got from them was very much
sufficient for whole of the year. Two major communities Padmasali and Devanga
are engaged in weaving profession in the area in Manulalapet and Bangarupet.
Devanga community weavers are in this profession from 1600 AD onwards; all are
migrated here from cudapa district in 1600 AD. Venkatagiri is famous for "Jamdhani"
design which was imported from Bangladesh. Four Venkatagiri weavers won
President’s Award for weaving this design.
The weavers in Venkatagiri mainly
produce saris of Cotton, Cotton and Silk mix and pure Silk. The counts in the
fabric give the softness to the fabric. More the counts softer will be fabric
and lesser counts produce harder fabrics. The counts used in cotton are usually
100 (length) – 100 (breadth) and in silk it is 3 ply. One Pacham will make 4 saris.
Pacham is the length of the yarn loaded in looms. On an average a weaver will
make 10 saris a month and will earn an amount of `4000. The yarn is purchased
by merchants and given to the weavers along with the designs. The weavers will
turn the yarn in charka and load in the loom and weave the fabric as per the
design given to them. The weaver receives their remuneration once the finished
product is returned to the merchant. Venkatagiri handlooms specialty is Jamdani
designs which costs from `700 to `15000 in the wholesale market. Venkatagiri saris
are not exported outside India from Venkatagiri. Usually it is send all over
India and the merchants used to do the export. Sri S Veraih has received a
national award for Venkatagiri design in the year 2000.
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