Black Cotton Ganjam Bomkai Saree TC_Lily The borders

The borders

The weaver weaves it by hand on a dobby and jala stand loom which approximately takes a week to create one saree

The three shuttle temple border is handpicked from both sides into interlocking technique

this masterpiece draws inspiration from the delicate beauty of the butterfly

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Black Cotton Ganjam Bomkai Saree TC_Lily The bordersBomkai is one of Odisha's oldest living weave traditions GI tagged and unbroken. Woven in Subarnapur and Sonepur in western Odisha, it carries a design vocabulary that has remained consistent for generations. Dancing birds. Rudraksha chains. Temple spires in the border. Geometric diamonds across the body. Each motif is built in extra weft individual coloured threads placed by hand, row by row, into the cotton ground. No shortcuts exist in this