Exotic India
Dhoti and Angavastram set with Golden Woven Paisley on Border
Silk Dhoti and Angavastra : a pair of ritual wear These rich and gorgeous lengths of fine art-silk textile antariya and uttariya in classical terminology and dhoti and angavastra, in contemporary, are a pair of wears worn by the presiding priest and his associates while performing a rite. Woven of fine quality yarn of art silk both lengths, one for wrapping around the bodys lower half like a dhoti, and other, over bodys upper part like a sash, have a mono-colour plain field though the borders are beautifully adorned with fine zari patterning. Though simple lengths of textile, the wears are unique in lustre and overall look capable of imparting distinction to any priest especially one who performs rites for a distinguished host on any ritually significant occasion deity-worship, marriage, yajnopavit, or even when performing post death-rites. Though the Rig-Veda does not prescribe any dress code Upanishads mandate only unstitched lengths of silk or linen flax, had the sanctity of ritual
