Venkatagiri Saree - Andhra Pradesh
Venkatagiri sarees are usually found with various motifs, like of peacocks, rudraksha, beetle leaves, gold coins, flowers, buds, parrots, fish and geometric designs. These saree are usually found of cotton with broad zari border, cotton with thin zari border, cotton with silk, Venkatagiri silk saree etc. They generally measure around 5.18 mtrs of length and 1.17 meters of width.
The cost of a simple Venkatagiri cotton saree with zari borders to a pure Venkatagiri silk saree varies from Rs.1300 to Rs.7000. Some of the varieties commonly found are Venkatagiri Pattu, Venkatagiri silk and Venkatagiri 100 is considered the lightest of them and very popular. They vary with light colour to dark shaded colours with light or heavy Jamdani works on them.
