Andhra loomsman weaves 60-metre silk sari with Jai Shri Ram written in 13 dialects
India Today
Jujaru Nagaraju, a handloom weaver from Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, crafted a 60-metre-long, 44-inches-wide silk sari with Jai Sri Ram written on it 32,200 times in 13 Indian languages.
A loomsman in Andhra Pradesh has woven a unique 60-metre-long silk sari with Jai Sri Ram written 32,200 times in 13 Indian languages.
Jujaru Nagaraju, a handloom weaver from Dharmavaram in Sri Sathya Sai district, designed and crafted the one of its kind silk sari, which he has dubbed the “Rama Koti Vastram”.
The silk cloth is 60 metres long, 44 inches wide, and the slogan Jai Shri Ram has been woven into it 32,200 times in 13 Indian languages.
The sari also has 168 different pictorial depictions of Lord Ram from the Ramayana’s Sundarakand.
It took Nagaraju a little over four months to design and weave the 16 kg silk cloth. Three people worked daily to create the garment.
Nagaraju, 40, invested Rs 1.5 lakh from his personal savings to create the masterpiece. He has decided to gift the sari to Ayodhya Ramalayam.
