Sonepuri Sari

Sonepuri Saree or Bomkai saree

Sonepuri Sari or Bomkai Sari is produced by the “Bhulia” community of Subarnapur district of Orissa, India. In particular, the famous sari designs Bomkai are the traditional designs that was produced in the village named Bomkai of Ganjam district of Orissa. During the time of Ramai Dev the then ruler of Patna it was introduced in Sonepur.Sonepur handloom sarees, Sonepuri paatas and silk sarees are popular items displayed at various fashion shows.^[1]

Invention of Bomkai Sari

Padmashri Kailash Chandra Meher, of Western Odisha was working as an Art Designer in Weaver Service Centre Bhubaneswar, under Development Commissioner Handloom, New Delhi, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India doing textile creative design for weavers and weaving organisation to weave the same. He had developed some old Bomkai designs, which has attracted the market and product being named as Bomkai Sari. ^[2]

Sonepuri Sari and Abhishek-Aishwarya weeding

The Sonepuri Sari called Radhakunja was a great attraction in the wedding of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.^[3] The PTI reported that three Sonepuri Sari were designed by master craftsman Chaturbhuja Meher at Sonepur and supplied to the Bachchans.^[4]

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  Bomkai saree design

See also

• Sambalpuri Saree
• Pasapali Sari
• Kataki

References

External links

• Sonepur Handloom Cluster
• bomkai silk
• sambalpuri and sonepuri patta saree
• Deal inked with national brands to promote state products

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