#7/100 SareePact
Happy Diwali to all. Lights bring joy to mind and soul. I wore this Uppada silk on Diwali evening for puja at home and then went to temple, where we celebrated with fireworks. The weaver from Uppada comes to my friend’s house with his big batch of sarees often. This time when he brought these checkered pattern silk sarees (Thanks to WhatsApp), she sent me pictures of sarees. When I saw this combination of pure violet and parrot green in the current trends of checks, I loved it. This one is the simplest form of an Uppada saree. She gifted it to me, when she visited me.

I went to college 100 km from Uppada area. During those days weavers used to come to homes to sell mostly their cotton handloom sarees, which is what they were known for locally. Didn’t even know they made silk sarees, up until their revival in the recent years. It is fascinating to know they are called Jamadani of South.