Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Surat Sarees..


Sarees in bulk packing in a Dyeing Printing Mill...


The bulk packing.. gets converted into retail packing and ends up at a Textile Market Shop...
Some Trivia on Surat Textiles..
Surat has over 600,000 Powerlooms consuming over 2500 Tonnes of Yarn Per day
Surat has over 450 Textile Process Houses
Surat has over 140 Textile Markets containing over 40,000 wholesale outlets
600,000 Power Looms weave 2,50,00,000 Metres of cloth per day employing over 1,000,000 People
55,000 Computerised Embroidery Machines adding value to fabrics..
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2 comments:

Marijke said...

i love the colours..India is easy to take photos a friend of urs always says U just have to click..

seems we are grey mouses..lol

Unknown said...

ShoppingsuratSari a common form of clothing for women across south Asia, draped around the body in different styles to form a garment. It is a seamless rectangular piece of fabric measuring between four to nine meters decorated with varying pattern, colour, design, and richness.