The Sambalpuri silk sarees of Odisha that goes on for generations.

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The photo shows the three Sambalpuri sarees from Odisha that goes on for generations. In Odisha these sarees are preserved as auspicious clothes and transferred from one generation to another to another as a mark of blessing. The first saree with purple is called Bomkai saree the one in the middle with coffee colour is called the Sonepuri saree and the last brown one is called the Kandua which means broken. The yarns of the sarees have to be made from the broken cocoons after the caterpillar has matured into a butterfly and left the cocoons by breaking it. The yarns get broken which have to be joined before weaving them into a saree. My Bomkai is 23 years old, the Sonepuri is 17 years old and the Kandua of course just 3 years. They are all choice of my dear husband and I like them.