Hand woven saree

The tradition is still very strong in Odisha and many handloom weavers have been placing religious scripts, classical poems, prayers and lines from popular bhajans or hymns onto scarves, saris and stoles. Repeatedly weaving the name of sacred personalities like Rama, Krishna, Shiva or Sita on a cloth gives it a devotional quality, which the wearers use to convey their sentiment or spiritual frame of mind.