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MYSTERIOUS PATOLA
- In other fabrics the cloth is first made in
Mechanized looms and then they are printed and
Colored as par the design
- While in patola each and every thread for the 5.5
Meter long and 1.25 metre wide sari is individually
Colored and put together to form the unique
Patterns
- The patolas are double sided and have pallav on
Both sides enabling the wearer to wear it in four
Ways
- During the monsoon, small stoves are lit in the
Weaving room so that the moisture does not spoil
The silk and bamboo instruments
- 4-5people complete one sari in the period of 4-5
Months.
- Patola is also known as resham cheer
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THE PAST
- Historically, the art of Double Ikat patola weaving
Dates back to centuries .paintings in Ajanta caves
Resemble the tie-day technique of patola.
- At the time when machines were not invented the
Salvi families used to handmake these patolas and
Gave it quality and excellence with their
Intelligence and skilled workmanship.
- Even their name”salvi” has come from sal-loom
Vih-beating rod.
- Legend indicates that sometimes in the 12th
Century AD”King Kumarpal of solanki dynasty,
Invited 700 fakilies of patola weavers form jalna
{south maharashtra} to settle down in patan inNorth Gujarat.
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