The number nobody tells you at the counter
A single Kadwa Banarasi can take a master weaver in Varanasi's Madanpura locality four months to complete. A Shikargah, the kind with a full hunting-scene border running the length of the pallu, can take six. The shop owner will tell you this only if you ask, and most people don't ask, because the sari is already beautiful and the price is already high and there is a wedding in three weeks.
