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a garden called Banarasi, had the trees cut down, and commenced a new building.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various
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A Banarasi thandaai (a clod milky drink made of milk, pistachios, cashew nuts and badaam or almonds, rose petals, poppy seeds and masalas) can be tried with Bhaang which is prepared by crushing the buds and leaves of Cannabis using a mortar and pestle into a green paste.
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A Banarasi thandaai (a clod milky drink made of milk, pistachios, cashew nuts and badaam or almonds, rose petals, poppy seeds and masalas) can be tried with Bhaang which is prepared by crushing the buds and leaves of Cannabis using a mortar and pestle into a green paste.
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Bangalore silks, Kanjeevarum silks, Banarasi silk brocades ... see sarisafari.com for examples.
Saat Phere Walter Jon Williams 2007
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My mother had opted for the cream Banarasi silk sari on my recommendation.
Indie Girl Kavita Daswani 2007
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My mother had opted for the cream Banarasi silk sari on my recommendation.
Indie Girl Kavita Daswani 2007
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Imagine then if you had a mother that wore clothes that had names like Zardosi, Banarasi, and Kalamkari.
Archive 2006-10-01 fusenumber8 2006
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This 20,000-strong community of former handloom weavers was once known for its Banarasi saris, which are traditionally finely woven and heavily brocaded, and therefore expensive.
NYT > Home Page By SONIA FALEIRO 2011
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Ashish Chakravorty, Manager Livelihoods, Saksham India Trust (SIT) - the resource development cell of FYF that trained BBS members on the intricacies of the GI process - says the women were quick to grasp the significance of the GI because the crisis of the Banarasi sari affected the whole family.
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On the face of it, Sharda Devi, 50, resident of Mustafabad, a hub of Banarasi sari weavers, some 20 kilometres off Varanasi had little reason to be worried.
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