The idea originated 45 years ago, when saree lovers in Bengaluru got together to form Vimor to sell old te­m­ple sarees. When these sarees weren't available anymore, they started documenting and re-creating them. While most of the pieces earlier were from the members' personal collections, over the years, patrons started bringing their old pieces for them to document, study and re-create. This Friday, in collaboration with ARTISANS', they will present three revived designs, all named after their original owners, including one from Maharashtra.

"What has always interested us is to keep the design alive irrespective of where they are from. So, instead of naming the revival sarees after the area they are from, we have named them after the original owner. We have revived a few Maharashtrian sarees. About four years ago, we recreated a customer's grandmother's shawl into a saree. We named it after her grandmother, Satyabhama. The original piece had gotten damaged. After we revived it, each of her daughters got the saree. The design and sentiment live on," Vipra Muddaya from Vimor, tells us.