Designer Creates Musical Sari

Source: beta.thehindu.com

DHARMAVARAM, INDIA, February 12, 2010: If an elegant woman can grace those around her with the subtle fragrance of her perfumes, why not also, as if in a movie, provide her own soundtrack? Swaramadhuri, a singing silk sari, embedded with eight micro speakers on its border has caught the fancy of many silk traders down South.

Conceptualized by P. Mohan, a small-time designer in the Dharmavaram town in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh, the beautiful drape has micro speakers on its border and a small digital music player at the pallu which can play as many as 200 songs continuously for a stretch of four hours. Mr. Mohan has used a 2-GB memory chip to support the device on the sari.

Armed with a diploma in Fashion Design, he is said to have toiled for two months to come out with this unique design, which has piqued the interest of silk traders down South. B. Datta Shiva, the master weaver, who purchased the rights of the sari said, “Orders are pouring from reputed showrooms from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh for supply.”