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Had to keep myself cool in comfortable cotton and at the same time look bright for the festival Saree4 is a Sambalpuri, and at once noticed the weaver had named this saree Mahalakshmi. The bright orange and yellow this is one grand saree. Next to Mangalgiri, Sambalpuris fill up my wardrobe not only because these two are my favourites, but also because of the Sambalpuri co-operative that was close to my house and later moved to Vashi.   #100Sareepact .   The recurring motifs of Odisha come from their temples, specially the wheels of Konark Sun Temple, the sculptures and of course the elephants for which Kalinga was once so famous. I have not kept a track of the saree names, but this one as I said before will always remain in my memory for the golden and pinkish hues of the saree is indeed Mahalakshmi.  Sambalpuri Bastralaya, I discovered on afternoon in 2005 in the small bylanes of Nerul, in a quarter this is not known for its hip new highrises, but old working class quarter
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#Saree3   Come back to life after two days, it was so tough withstanding heat and it is all reflected in this photo taken on Sunday. Mangalgiri printed saree made me sit up and pose,   #100Sareepact   - Mangalgiri sarees are a great favourite though miss the sturdy thick weaves of old days. From the time of the post to this blog, definitely life is much better and also health. So adding some more to it - First of all to recount what my uncle, chittappa said. This is poomoggu design, thayirkaari pudavai. I didn't know that, and I also didn't pay attention to it when I bought. I have a few plain Mangalgiris, the thick, heavy fall they give and their long lasting quality makes them an eternal favourite. But, these new Mangalgiris aren't of that quality.  Kalpadruma is a shop I like to go to everytime I am in Chennai. They stock some nice Mangalgiri, Jaipur prints, fabric and some good sarees, though most of them are very pricey. I had on my previous visit like