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The saree origin at the time of Chattrapati Shivaji- Narayan Peth Saree

Narayan Peth is a traditional saree weaved in and around the Sholapur district. Maharashtrian women admired the saree most. This saree is popular because of its lightness, inexpensiveness, durability, low maintenance, and smoothing texture. Mostly the saree is worn on special occasions and festivals as the saree had its charm and added to it, is the zari border.
Narayan Peth is a traditional saree weaved in and around the Sholapur district. Maharashtrian women admired the saree most. This saree is popular because of its lightness, inexpensiveness, durability, low maintenance, and smoothing texture. Mostly the saree is worn on special occasions and festivals as the saree had its charm and added to it, is the zari border.

History
The roots of the Narayan Peth sarees can be traced back to the period around 1630 AD. The innovators of Narayan peth silk were weavers in the time of Chatrapati Shivaji who settled in a village of the same title in Andra Pradesh. At that time Narayan peth is under the rule of Shivaji Maharaj. Once on traveling Chatrapati across the Narayan path he set up camp there for a few days and on continuing the travel, he left behind few weavers.
These were the weavers who started producing the silk saree with a distinct style of design which came to known as Narayan Peth sarees. This is the reason behind the influence of Maharashtrian in the Narayan peth saree.
The popularity of the saree reaches max and production flourish during the domination of the Lokapalli Samanthanam.

Material
The sarees are made from cotton, and silk yarn with zari work. The saree is made from fine silk or cotton have a thread count of a least 80, Twisted silk yarn of thickness 18/20 is only used. The cotton is obtained from the mills of Vijayawada and silk from Bangalore, while zari is from Surat.

Making process
One of the most unique and exquisite qualities of the Narayan sarees is their process of weaving where the loom has the capacity of producing 8 sarees in one go. This means, 56 yards of silk are manufactured on the loom at a single time, instead of 7 yards. In producing  different hues, natural or vegetable dyes are used.
The weaving starts after the degumming, a dying and drying process. The production of the saree take 4to 5 days while the Narayan peth sarees take lesser time.

Pattern, color and motifs
Generally, plain vibrant colors with contrast color pallus and zari boarders are symbol of Narayan saree, while in cotton saree are mostly pain with colored checks sometimes to blend them that ethnic look, the pallu of Narayan peth saree has Marathi style pallu with the Patti ( strips) boarder and a boarder pallus of these sarees are traditional and it is featured by a rich pallu with pattern of alternation red and White bands.
This boarder pallu known as the top – Tenni pallu. The boarder is a flat expanse of deep maroon red or chocolate red, thinly separated by white or colored lines.

Where to buy from?
A typical Narayan peth silk saree can be brought for Rs.800/- to Rs 6000/-. Nowadays designers Narayan Peth, with paithani pallu are also available as a creative combination.
Narayan peth saree are unlikely not so that common to find in any stores as the authentication of the saree is rare. These stores have reliable and variety of traditional Narayan peth saree.
- Gocoop
- Apco
- Uppada
The effortless grandeur and traditional beauty had not only stood in the hard times but also, the hearts of a present generation of women with the registration of GI tag, Narayan Peth sarees are still helping the contemporary Indian women.

  

 


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