Nita Ambani (Photos: Instagram/@nmacc.india)
\n\nVermilion silk, gold and silver zari, and “Shri Ram” written across the panels. Nita Ambani’s Deepawali Utsav saree was the Ramavali, made by Swadesh and handwoven by master artisan Ajay Bhoj.
\n\nThe pallu carried the footprints of Lord Vishnu among lotus motifs. Florals, Om and fine jaali work filled the rest of the drape, and the zari was as intricately woven. According to Swadesh, the saree celebrated the spiritual and artistic heritage of Varanasi.
\n\nIt took five months to weave the saree in pure silk. The name explains the design: Ram plus namavali, a garland of the divine name. “Shri Ram” was repeated across the panels, and every motif was woven individually in the Kadwa technique. Every flower and every letter went in one at a time.
\n\nShe wore a multi-string rani haar of cascading seed pearls, with gold spacer bars made in Rajasthan’s traditional Thappa technique and natural Polki diamonds.
\n\nA Namavali textile. (Photo: Instagram/@santati_then_now_next)
\n\nThe Ramavali picked up that thread. It brought the spirit of the 19th-century Baluchari sarees to the handlooms of Varanasi, with patterns drawn from a historical masterpiece. Ram’s name repeated across the field the way a priest’s verses do, steady…
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