Shopping for Kanjeevaram in Chennai

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone Pls. tell me how to recognize the original kanjeevaram saree? How to know if the saree is made of mix material? Which good shops do u recommend in chennai for sarees?

Thanks ahead
Namita

Nalli's is pretty good - you can be assured of the genuine sarees there. they have a huge variety too.

Hi Mytraeyi,

Thanks for the tip. Will surely try out Nalli's .

Namita

Hi Namita
Nalli and Hayagreeva 's silk sarees r genuine...

Cheers
Ramya

Hi Ramya,

Thanks a lot for ur recommendation. Looks like nalli is the best as I have got 2 recommendations for it. Thanks again.

Namita

Originally Posted by Mythraeyi

Nalli's is pretty good - you can be assured of the genuine sarees there. they have a huge variety too.

Hai maitreyi
Do not choose from the sarees shown to you in the begining.Mostly
it will be from old stock. sales men are very sharp when its comes assessing .. the customer.Do not let him know that you are from usa.no pure jari saree will be cheap.
old stock sarees will be polished and sold at cheaper price. there is
a lane dedicated for polishing sarees in kanchipuram.nalli management has some problems.kumaran and rasi and sundari silks are better.follow the same rule.
subbi

Hi there,

Even i would vouch for Nalli and Hyagreeva, I got all my silk sarees from Nalli for my Marriage and recently we got all sarees for my brothers marriage from Hyagreevas. But Hyagreeva has less collections as compared to Nalli.

Cheers
vaidehi

If you are going to buy a costly grand one.. you can always ask them to hold it.. just in the end.. jarugai might be hanging.. pull it aside (obviously without him seeing ;)] then take it home or outside and do this burn test... :)

For pattus more than 20K I do this :)



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To find out if the saree is made of pure silk, a simple method can be followed.

Take a few threads from the warp and weft and burn them from their ends. When the thread stops burning, a very tiny ash ball might be left behind.Rub the ball in-between your fingers and smell the powdered ash. If it is pure silk, it will smell like burnt hair. Silk, wool, leather and hair all burn alike and form an ash ball.

In case of artificial silk, the fibers will flare and burn out quickly there will be neither ash ball nor smell like burnt hair. This silk fabric test is sure to help you while buying silk fabric.

Hi Nandhu,

Thanks for ur tip on recognising the jari. Will surely try it when buying the sari.

Namita