Sannapapamma K.J.Patil, Sukanya2021-11-062021-11-062017-06https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810177780A study on “Functional properties of traditional and contemporary silk sarees of Molakalmuru” was carried during the year 2016-17 with the objectives to study the specific features of variegated traditional and contemporary silk sarees, find out the motifs, colours, colour combinations and assess the functional properties of silk sarees. A sample of 30 weavers was randomly selected and interviewed personally to collect the specific information of silk sarees. The selected sarees were subjected to mechanical and functional properties at the College of Community Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. Majority of the weavers belonged to Hindu community with middle age group, nuclear family, owned weaver’s card, yashaswini and BPL cards. The number of handlooms declined at the rate of 3.98 per cent per annum. Majority of the weavers faced problems of high price fluctuation in raw materials, low return, less profit and health problems like leg pain and eye sight. The traditional silk sarees were interlaced with 20/22d 2 ply filature silk of 105 tpi as warp and 18/20d 3 ply filature silk of 20 tpi as weft with 120 reed, 5.5 m length and 48" width. Contemporary silk sarees interlaced with 20/22d 2 ply filature silk of 105 tpi as warp and 18/20d 2/single ply filature silk of 20 tpi as weft with 90-120 reed, 6.20 m length and 48-52" width. The motifs employed in the sarees were viz., gandaberunda, aliluballi, kamala, navilukannu, bugudi, geometrical, naturalistic patterns and the common colours used for saree border and pallav were red, green, blue, pink and for the body colours were maroon, yellow, green, violet, cream and so on. Among the traditional and contemporary silk sarees, Gattipetta with plain border and brocade silk sarees possessed excellent mechanical and functional properties. The selling price of silk sarees ranged from ` 3,000 to 10,000.EnglishThesis