Motifs, Colours and Ways of wearing Patola

Different Ways of wearing Patola
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Another way of wearing Patola

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Kiran Kher in Patola
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Undaali borders dyed naturally
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A woman belonging to the Salvi community
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Communities involved in making of Patolas
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A Pattern of two elephant
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Patan Patola with animal motifs
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Human and animal motifs
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Carvings in Patan that inspire Patolas

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 Navratna motif in green
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Navratna motif in yellow
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Navratna Patan Patola
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History & Origin

Raja Kumarpal and The Solanki Rajputs
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King Kumarpal
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Patan Patola has a special history. Year back in 1175 AD Solanki Rajputs were ruling Gujarat, Malwa, and Southern Rasjasthan. During those days weavers,singers or worker came to king for employment. kumarpal was follower of jain religion and it is said that silk is the purest form acoording to jainism. They adopted it as one of the symbol of jainism. As a follower he also started wearing the purest silk which has a other name Patola. He used to wear it at the time of worship or any special ocassion. The Patola worn by King Kumarpal used to be importes from jalanpur. One day the temple priest stop Kuamrpal from entering the temple by saying that his clothes was "IMPURE". So, King Kumarpal inquire, After this he finds that the salvi weavers used to weave Patola in Jalanpur, and the king of Jalanpur was exporting the fabric after first using them as bedspreads, For this reason Kumarpal defeated the King of Jalnpur. So, the salvi weavers came to Gujarat in search of work. About 700 weavers from the salvi caste came to the court of Raja Kuamrpal for employment. Salvi weavers also wanted work and King needed fabric that was woven by them. So, the King gave them work to weave Patola.

Patola-Gujarat famous weave

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Patola's are hand-woven silk sarees that are created in Patan,Gujarat. The name Patola is derived from the sanskrit word Pattakulla(silk cloth). Manufactured by the resist dying process using the warp & weft technique. Patolas are double ikat sarees. Almost three people would take four to six months to weave a Patola, which makes its extremely expensive and time-consuming. The sarees are painted with motifs and patterns inspired from animals and other elements of nature. The craft of weaving them rests exclusively with the salvi family in patan who manufacture patan who manufacture patolas for royalty and aristocracy.

Warp & Weft Technique
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Patola Work
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My Childhood Dreams

Patola Saree
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From my childhood, I uesd to see my mom and ladies wearing different kinds of sarees but the saree that I found different from other is PATOLA SILK SAREES. The speciality of Patola Sarees is the fabric used in the saree is very light and made up of silk. So, I wanted to know more about this interesting fabric that how this six yard saree is passes through finger ring.

Silk Threads
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