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TextileGI Tagged · 2011
Venkatagiri Sarees
TownVenkatagiri
StateAndhra Pradesh
Craft typeTextile
GI tag2011
About
A featherlight cotton saree woven with fine zari borders, historically patronised by the Venkatagiri royal family and prized for a gossamer-thin texture achieved through an unusually high thread count.
Did you know? Venkatagiri sarees are woven with such a fine thread count that a full six-yard saree can be folded small enough to pass through a finger ring — a traditional test of the weave's quality still used by connoisseurs today.