Pochampally
Saree also known as Pochampally Ikat Saree or simply Pochampally Ikat (or Pochampalli
Ikat), is a saree made in and smaller villages around Pochampally, which is in Nalgonda
District, Telangana State, India.
The
popularity of these traditional Ikat saree comes with the unique style of their
yarn tie and dye. The weavers can make a
simple ikat to a complex double Ikat Sarees, dress materials, yardages.
Pochampally, traditionally been a place market
place, where all the weavers from smaller villages all around would come with their
hand crafted collection of sarees and sell.
Not long ago villages like Puttapaka used to be a place filled with such
handloom weavers. Now, with the increasing
costs and limited sales on Handlooms, these weavers are moving away from their family
tradition and trying to get into another fields for their survival.
There
are still few weavers working very hard to
keep the tradition going. With the intrusion
of power looms and screen printing, which can replicate the simple and double Ikat
material, you can find the replicas of Ikat at a very low cost. Having used to look at these replicas and prices,
it difficult to accept the fact that the actual handloom Ikat textiles are much
more premium products and hence expensive too.
We,
at KaumudiStudio, are trying to identify these masters of such weaves
and motivate and encourage them to keep the tradition going. Our premium collection of Ikat Sarees are from
such weavers and hence are very limited.
Kaumudi means “The one which the earth loves”. Brand Kaumudi
is Proudly Made in India constantly working on Handloom, Handcrafted and
Handmade products. Our mission is to create awareness among the consumers to
try Khadi, Handloom, and Organic Cotton with pride and ease. We constantly strive
on Fair Trade, Ethical Business, Working with Rural and Urban livelihoods
creating Conscious Clothing : Horoscope Weaving, Silk Sarees, Ikat Sarees,
Navratna Sarees, Khadi Integrations, Linen and bamboo blends, Ready to Wear Sarees,
Collaborative Textiles, Restore | Revive | Retain , Conscious Core in every product,
Energy Clothing in men’s and women’s wear.
This article first published on www.KaumudiStudio.com website on 28th Feb, 2016.
