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The 1,64,492 colours sari!

December 07, 2006
As many as 15 skilled weavers wove the sari that has 164 colours in the warp and 1003 colours in the weft, in just 25 days. This was done using 5 Jacquard box and 11,531 Jacquard design cards.
Image: The Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple on the pallav.

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