$100,000 Bejeweled Sari

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Chennai Silks Handmade

— November 28, 2007 — Unique
The world's most luxurious silk sari by Chennai Silks will enter the Guinness Record Book. The traditional Indian women's garment is embedded with 12 precious stones and a lovely imitation of 11 paintings by famed Indian artist,Raja Ravi Verma, making this sari a one-off. Diamonds, gold, platinum, silver, ruby, emerald, yellow sapphire, cat's eye, topaz and coral are woven by hand. Almost 5,000 hours of handwork went into making this sari.

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