SILKALAYA.....A HOUSE OF ASSAM SILK ,GUWAHATI

It was our third attempt in last one week to buy few Mekhela -Chadars for my ma-in-law as her schedule is full of attending marriage ceremonies and she was running short of clothes(as we women always are).On our previous two visits we dropped the idea as the shop was overly overcrowded,even though they have three floors to solve the purpose. When buying assam silk comes Silkalaya is the first name comes up only after SUALKUTCHI a small village in Assam.This place is dealing in assam -silk since 1963..they had their only shop in Jorhat,in 1993 they came up with a new branch in paan bazar guwahati,in 2006 another one in G.S. Road and finally in 2007 one in Dibrugarh.

They offer a very vast collection of Assam -Silk like..paat-silk,muga-silk,ketcha(raw)-silk in varied designs,price ranges. You get to see lots of stuff in new avtaar too..which are fastly becoming very popular.I had to resist the temptation to buy one but decided to wait for now.After one good hour we finally settled for two beautiful paat silk pairs with guna work (jari work)on them...jari on assam silk is muted unlike other jari work in rest of india.

Since last evening i saw ma checking on them several times with a soft smile on her face....touchwood.

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