Design Resource
Dhoti Weaving
Traditional Attire of Wearing
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Melukote is a place with varieties, People here generally prefer to keep the traditional attire with them of wearing. Earlier borders with thicker designs were preferred by the Melukote people, nowadays thinner bordered Dhotis, Lungi are mostly preferred by the people. The borders are completed with rich design patterns of diamond shaped and other patterns are mostly done on the silk and the cotton dhotis. Silks are usually provided by the Priyadarshani Organization for which the weavers make the specified pattern taking only the wages of the work, as the woven material will be given back to the dealers or the outlets wherever specified. Dhotis are generally of four meters in length with the angavastram set (shelli) of two meters.
