A 150-year-old ‘kavani’ is revived to weave a sari for a collection
The Hindu
Cultural impresario Malavika Singh wanted a Kerala sari to add to her curated collection
A sari curator, an archivist, a designer and a master weaver recreated an elegant Kerala sari from a 150-year-old photograph of a kavani (upper garment) worn by Nagercoil Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Lakshmi Pillai Kalyanikutty Pillai Ammachi, consort of Maharajah Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varmaking of erstwhile Travancore (1860-1880). The project to revive the sari began when sari connoisseur Malavika Singh wanted a Kerala sari to add to her collection of 21 curated saris that revived heritage textile traditions of India. She turned to archivist Pramod Kumar KG, managing director of Eka Cultural Resources & Research, to help her source a sari from Balaramapuram, 20 kilometre from Thiruvananthapuram.
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