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Taant or Garad: Which Bengali Weave Survives Four Days of Puja Heat

What the Weaves Actually AreTaant is a plain-weave cotton sari made on a pit loom in Shantipur or Fulia, in Nadia district. The warp and weft are single-ply cotton, sometimes with a zari border, and the fabric is woven at a thread count that keeps it genuinely porous. A standard…

Times Life · Oct 15

2 killed, 3 injured as SUV rams into bus in West Bengal's Nadia

SHANTIPUR (WB): Two persons were killed and three others injured as an SUV collided head-on with a bus in Nadia district of West Bengal on Sunday, police said.

The Times of India · Aug 13, 2023