Dyeing of silk yarn is one of the main processes before weaving a saree. After boiling, dyeing and drying, the silk yarn is sold to wholesalers, who commission the weavers of Uppada to turn it ...

The girls engaged in the weaving work are from the villages in Uppada, Kothapalli, Aminabad, Mulapeta, Ravindrapuram, Komaragiri, Katukudumalli and Vakatippa, an area that was registered by the ...

While a saree is usually known by its design, a Uppada Jamdani saree derives its distinctness from the technique used in weaving it. Here, a weaver first makes a sketch of a motif, also called ...

But what caught the attention of this writer was an exceptional Uppada weave highlighted with ... aristocrats due to its labour-intensive weaving process that makes it frightfully expensive.