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This rouka style maroon cotton kotpad fabric with white stripe kotpad fabric piping is true joy as it falls beautifully on your skin and its earthy fragrance mesmerises the soul
Method of production of this suit piece:The tie and dye or 'bandha' is done beforehand for hundreds of metres by two to three weavers together
The single ikat (tie and dye) in anchal and border are made by Nuapatna weavers which are then purchased by Pittala and Padmanabhapur villages' weavers to weave these sarees
That is why it is classy and timeless- as the red reinforces on red
Yellow Maroon Red Checks Kotpad (Fabric) Meter:8.5 Images shown might look darkerFirst GI ( Geographical Indication) of Odisha in 2005 06 was accorded to Kotpad Sarees and Fabrics. Kotpad sarees are made from vegetable dyed fabric which are used used as bridal fabric by tribals of Kotpad, Koraput region since centuries. The extra weft wound on Nari is used to develop tribal motifs like fish, conch, crab, butterfly, pigeon, duck, snake, axe, boat hand fan, oar, temple etc. The root bark of older Aul tree is collected in between