Sari for days
Monday -
Debbie and I started the morning with seeing our first snake of the journey. I believe it was either an Indian rat snake or an Indian smooth snake.
Our first stop of the day was to Somandepalle, where we visited Likhitha Power Looms. It is a factory for designing silk Sari's, the next step in the process after the silk worm factory.
Radha's husband, Ramanti worked at the factory and was how we were invited. It was beautiful seeing all the intricate designs being put into the silk, as well as the silk being generally produced. The factory has 49 machines, which could make 1 sari per day. Most of the machines had a computer detailing the pre-made design (made on photoshop), however, a few of the machines still operated from old-school computers which operate using punch-cards.
We also saw the beautiful process of people rolling and preparing the sari's for transport.
After, Radha invited to her house, less than a minute from the factory.
We rested there for a while before continuing to some bio-gas house's in various villages.
Shammy, our friendly driver, always with a large smile on his face, is also the main maintenance worker on our trips for the bio-gas. His resourcefulness and knowledge is amazing, not to mention his primarily self-taught, with a little bit of friendly encouraging and organising from Mani.
Our final village and bio-gas house visited, was a house that did not need assistance in maintenance with their bio-gas. We were able to see bio-gas in its full flame, a beautiful large and blue flame.
This village was also famous for its silk making, and the house had a room with two loom machines in it with traditional punch-card style computers. We were able to witness some finishing touches be put on a Sari, as well as Debbie having the honour to help with the process. While leaving, Debbie was given the traditional red dot Bindi (to open her third eye) with chalk and a rose for her hair.
We dropped Mani and Radha home at Somandepalle, then returned home to SEDS for a relatively early afternoon, allowing Debbie and I to get into some much anticipated Uni work.
Debbie and I started the morning with seeing our first snake of the journey. I believe it was either an Indian rat snake or an Indian smooth snake.
Our first stop of the day was to Somandepalle, where we visited Likhitha Power Looms. It is a factory for designing silk Sari's, the next step in the process after the silk worm factory.
Radha's husband, Ramanti worked at the factory and was how we were invited. It was beautiful seeing all the intricate designs being put into the silk, as well as the silk being generally produced. The factory has 49 machines, which could make 1 sari per day. Most of the machines had a computer detailing the pre-made design (made on photoshop), however, a few of the machines still operated from old-school computers which operate using punch-cards.
We also saw the beautiful process of people rolling and preparing the sari's for transport.
After, Radha invited to her house, less than a minute from the factory.
We rested there for a while before continuing to some bio-gas house's in various villages.
Shammy, our friendly driver, always with a large smile on his face, is also the main maintenance worker on our trips for the bio-gas. His resourcefulness and knowledge is amazing, not to mention his primarily self-taught, with a little bit of friendly encouraging and organising from Mani.
Our final village and bio-gas house visited, was a house that did not need assistance in maintenance with their bio-gas. We were able to see bio-gas in its full flame, a beautiful large and blue flame.
This village was also famous for its silk making, and the house had a room with two loom machines in it with traditional punch-card style computers. We were able to witness some finishing touches be put on a Sari, as well as Debbie having the honour to help with the process. While leaving, Debbie was given the traditional red dot Bindi (to open her third eye) with chalk and a rose for her hair.
We dropped Mani and Radha home at Somandepalle, then returned home to SEDS for a relatively early afternoon, allowing Debbie and I to get into some much anticipated Uni work.
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| A Juvenile Rat or Smooth Snake |
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| Oriental Garden Lizard |
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| My First Indian Train Sighting! |
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| Likhitha Power Looms |
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| Power Loom Crafting a Beautiful Sari |
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| Power Loom in Action - Crafting a Silk Sari |
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| Operating the Power Loom |
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| The Amazing Various Colours of the Silk Thread |
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| The Owner of the Power Loom Factory |
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| Radha and Debbie with some Beautiful Sari's |
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| One of the Operators with the Sari's Produced from the Power Loom He Operates |
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| One of the Silk Technicians, Preparing the Silk Threads |
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| Silk Threads in their Coloured Beauty |
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| One of the Power Loom Technicians |
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| Power Loom Tools |
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| The Fine Threads and Needles of Silk Power Loom |
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| Coloured Threads in Action |
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| Operations Require Constant Attention |
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| Radha and Ramanti |
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| A Friend of Ramanti's |
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| Old School Computer operations of Power Looms |
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| Old-School Power Looms in Action |
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| Beautiful Designs Made by Traditional Computer Power Looms |
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| The Intricate Details that go into the Sari's are Amamzing |
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| Unfinished Sari |
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| More Beautiful Sari Colour Combinations |
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| New Technology Computer Power Looms Having Maintenance Undertaken |
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| A Neighbour of Radha and Ramanti |
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| Getting a Sari Ready for Transportation |
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| Sari Transportation Procedures |
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| Sari Being Prepared |
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| A Three Person Job |
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| Preparing the Sari for Transport |
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| Sprayed and Cleaned Before Preparing |
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| Sari's Ready for Transportation |
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| Ramanti, Radha and Debbie |
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| One Power Loom Section |
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| Bio-Gas Maintenance |
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| Smallest Puppy |
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| A Bio-Gas User Watching How Shammy Provides Maintenance to the Cooker |
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| Providing Education Around the Bio-Gas is a Crucial Part of the Project |
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| Another Member of the Household Proudly Cleaning Her New Cooker |
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| Sometimes, it's Cooler in the Fire |
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| An Operational Bio-Gas Flame, Burning Brightly |
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| The Beautiful Kitchen of this Family |
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| Proudly Showing us her Operational Bio-Gas Flame |
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| Tassels are the Finishing Touches of the Sari |
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| The Household's Small and Traditional Power Loom |
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| How the Silk Threads are Managed |
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| A Contagious Smile |
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| Debbie After Receiving Her Third Eye Blessing and rose |
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| Grass Mantis - Soon Devoured by a Gecko and Dragged Off, Horror Movie Style |
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