Silk sari makes its way into Guinness Book This is a history-making sari

CHENNAI: Pothys, the sari makers, have made history... using Indian History.

The T. Nagar-based textile store, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records by making a longest silk sari, measuring 1,276 feet. 

A communication from the Guinness World Records to Pothys said: "Your record has been accepted as an official Guinness World Record."

S. Ramesh, managing partner, Pothys, said the work to create the sari began about a year ago.

Six master weavers, six weavers and nine painters of Pothys created the single piece sari, measuring 1,276 feet in length and four feet in width. 

The paintings in the sari depict the history of India over the last five millennia, starting with the Mohanjadaro-Harappan civilisation, and covering the Rama era, Krishna era, Buddha, Mahaveera, Maurya, Chera, Chola, Pandiyas, Rajaputs, Moghuls, culminating in the country's freedom struggle, Mr. Ramesh said.

Using gold zari, exquisite monuments such as the parliament building, the Taj Mahal, the Charminar, the Qutab Minar, the Brahadeeswarar temple in Thanjavur, the Golden temple in Amritsar and the church in Egmore have been depicted. 

Similarly, paintings on the social and cultural life of the people of that period and portraits of Bharat Mata, Mahatma Gandhi, Tiruvalluvar, Swami Vivekananda and the Globe have been used in the sari, Mr. Ramesh said. A total of 40 kg of zari and fabric were used for making the sari, which was produced at a cost of Rs. 22 lakhs.

The sari will be displayed at the Pothys showroom in T. Nagar. 

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Pothys Guinness

A silk saree, tracing Indian history right from the Harappa-Mohenjadaro period to the freedom struggle movement in the form of painting and zari motifs, has won an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest saree ever made.

Pothys, a popular garment house in Tamil Nadu, has made the 1,276-foot-long saree in four months with the help of 10 weavers and 10 painters.

“The saree contains 141 oil paintings depicting various important events in Indian history, cultural and social life of people in ancient period, dance and music besides portraits of Bharat Mata, Gandhiji, Tiruvalluvar and Swami Vivekananda, the Rama era, Krishna era, the periods of Buddha, Mahaveera, Maurya, Chera, Chola and Pandiya, Rajputs and Moghuls were also captured on the saree,” Pothys Managing Partner S Ramesh said on Friday.

The saree, produced at a cost of Rs 22 lakh, also had intricately-woven gold zari, depicting exquisite monuments of India, including Parliament buildin and Taj Mahal. Made in a single piece measuring 1,276 feet in length and four feet in width and weighing 40 kg, the saree was a “tribute to Mother India,” he added.

Officials of the Guinness Book of World Records has accepted it as an offical Guinness World Record, Ramesh said.

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