Attire wearing which women could ride horses – Me in Marati Nauvari.
Being a girl who grew in the most traditional locality of Chennai, I grew up constantly admiring crisp folds of sarees of most graceful women. In our neighborhood there were people from different regions hence I could admire many styles of wearing saree.
I always wanted to learn different styles and try them one by one.
I got the first chance when I was working in Pune in the year 2010, I was living with a Maharastrian family as paying guest.
There from my dearest Rashmi kaku I learnt how to drape the 9 yards saree popularly known as nauvari in marati, in its typical marati style. Wearing that I could realize how comfortable it was and wearing that we can run, jump, do anything but still the saree will stay in its place if we draped it properly. Later on I got married to a Chennai settled Maharastrian so the learning from her helped me to wear the traditional style during many occasions and family functions where many elder also get surprised that I wear it much better than how they do.
So when ever people complain to me that wearing a saree we can’t manage the whole day at work, I would say we just don’t clad it properly, because Jhansi Rani Lakshmi bai could ride horses wearing 9 yards and had baby tied to her using the same sari pallu and go for a war! Our routines are definitely simpler than that. 😉
Hi Malini,
Lovely set of pictures. You have worn this very well and looks very beautiful on you. I am interested to learn how to wear this because the traditional wear for Madhwas is very similar. Would you mind sharing the steps of how to wear this and also any other pictures you have so that it is easy to compare and learn. It will be great if you can share this quickly, I could try it out for the festivals this season.
Thank you.
Padma
Hi padma,
Thanks for the comments. I can mail you the steps. please give me your mail id.
I am married to a madhwa so i understand how important it is to wear this on all festive occassions.
Regards,
Malini
Hi Malini,
Thank you so much for the quick response. Very nice if you could send me the details by email. My mail id is pdmsb2011@rediffmail.com It will be good if you can get in touch and also if I can request that my mail id or this comment be removed from the comment so that it is not public. Any details I want, I will request via email once we get in touch.
Thank you.
Padma