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As we proceed with our discussion on the representations of #soldiers in a variety of #media, specific to the #british army, #indiansepoys during the #worldwars @dStephenB unveils a set of #paintings and #posters this is part of our colab, a thrilling initiative by @MuseumBuddy
These are #handwoven #silk #saris made in #Murshidabad in #Bengal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Called ‘Baluchari’ sari as they were woven in the land near the river Bhagirathi which flows by Murshidabad. ‘Balu’ means ‘sand’ & ‘char’ means ‘bank’ in #bangla #language 
If you look carefully at these saris, they depict #European #soldiers with their #armsandweapons in their #traditional #costume they definitely caught the fascination of the local #weavers yesterday we saw the soldiers on #femple #terracotta and now on #textiles @MuseumBuddy
Jodhpur: soaring high! varnikadesigns.wordpress.com/2020/03/20/433…
‘Lehariya’was worn only as #turbans #dupattas though now even #saris rmade #Jodhpur still makes best lehariya #Jaipur #Rajput men order several lengths of #lehariya yardage for special occasions.Earlier it was worn mainly during #Teej #Gangaur, #Rajasthan #harvesting #festivals
The Jodhpur #rulers were always striving to introduce new thoughts and knowledge into their state Sir Pratap Singh designed the #Jodhpurs type of #breeches #Jodhpur has produced 2 imp #designers since then. Did the spirit of innovation rub off? #Raghavendrarathore @anujsharmanid
