Children love to spend time with their family, listening to old grandmother tales that were simple with morals but now trends have changed with the advent of new-age entertainment. However story telling can still be all the more exciting and thrilling and yet inculcate values and creativity in the little ones. Aavaranaa, the saree boutique endeavored to revive the art of storytelling for the new age kids through "Swamy Kathai", an unique initiative to revitalize the art of storytelling through theme sarees.

TV anchor couple Malini and Yugendran narrated stories, depicted on hand woven sarees, from the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhaagavatam & Panchatanthra to an excited group of children at the boutique.

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Aavaranaa boasts of a collection of exclusive hand woven sarees with a pictorial representation of extracts from various epical books and traditional stories like Sita's Swayamvar, story of Kannappan, Panchtantra and other epic stories. Besides theses themes, Aavaranaa also brags of a collection of Sloka sarees containing slokas like the Gayatri Mantra and other popular chants - all captured in interplays of fine threads.

" I am sure these pictorial depictions of the epics would have helped the young minds capture the moments much more conveniently than flipping through the thick books narrating the same", said Malini . Yugendran, Singer and actor said, "Theme sarees are a wonderful method to share stories of our rich heritage to young children. This is a very innovative method and the children seem to love the way stories were told"

Ms. Vijayalakshmi Krishna of Aavaranaa says "Theme sarees are a great way to spend quality time with children. The trend also helps parents pass on age old traditions and customs to young ones through an interesting visual means"

Thrilled and overjoyed at the new experience, the workshop saw a number of content children bid adieu to the guests and host present.