Uppada Sarees

Uppada :

       Uppada is a beach town located 39 kms from Kakinada, a coastal city which comes under East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh and is famous for beautifully designed cotton sarees. Uppada is a village which comes under East Godavari District. A small village enroute to Uppada is Peddapuram, from here Uppada is around 10 KM. Peddapuram is 19 KM from Kakinada. Uppada is a virgin village where modernization has not yet found place. The people here are very poor. The main caste here who is in the traditional weaving of famous Uppada handlooms is Padmasalis. The average educational level is 7th standard. The population of this village is around 25,000.

Uppada Silk Sarees :

       Uppada silk sarees which are very famous and is available at wholesale and retail in the market and one can easily purchase Uppada silk sarees. Uppada is well known for its traditional Jamdani / Uppada Handlooms. Uppada handlooms are well known for its unique designs. Usually Uppada handlooms are made in cotton warp and wept. The count used in weaving gives the softness and hardness of the fabric. The count in a handloom fabric means the number of threads woven length wise and breadth wise known as warp and wept respectively in a square inch. In Uppada the count used is 100 (length) – 120 (breadth). The count makes the quality of the fabric. The weavers in Uppada uses a technique without any mechanical aids to weave the traditional Jamdani weaving to create rich patterns using gold and silver zari for which Uppada saree weavers have received Geographical Indication (GI) registration in the year 2009. Jamdani is a hand loom woven fabric made of cotton, which historically was referred to as muslin. The Jamdani weaving tradition is of Bengali origin.