Pochampally designs weave a wah! at Taj Falaknuma

Any which way you look at it — as a heritage property, as a visitor, as a history lover, a fan of the pompous lives Nizams led or just as someone who would like to transform to the past, experience it and compare it with modern settings — the Taj Falaknuma Palace is bound to make you say, Wah! Taj Falaknuma.

And if Taj Khajana, a chain of luxury lifestyle stores located across various Taj properties in the country, and a designer seek to tweak the traditional Pochampally designs and blend it with modernity, it just oozes boundless of creative talent. It transforms itself to a visual treat for the connoisseurs. This chain has been positioned as an Indian boutique with a global appeal bringing together the best of artisans and craftsmen.

Part of the Tata Group and Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, the majestic property located near the Charminar and in the heart of old city of the Nizams of Hyderabad, seeks to enliven people with a bit of history, tradition, pomp and gaiety, blended with modernity.

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Taj Khajana held a fashion show focussing on the famous Pochampally weaves but with a difference. The collection put together by fashion designer Rahul Mishra and displayed by models sought to recreate the richness and feel of the ancient Han-Atlas fabric, a multi-hued hand woven and hand dyed Ikkat fabric of early 19th century of central Asia. This is stated to be once popular with traders on the silk route and stood as a symbol of luxury and power.

Ikkat, which means binding from Pochampally, a small village near here know for its silken weaves, has a traditionally geometric design approach. In this collection, the craft has been re-interpreted in a neo graphic manner reanimating traditional motifs such as leaves, flowers, blossoming buds and peacocks.

The general manager of Taj Falaknuma place, Mr Ranjit Phillipose, told Business Line that the property business is beginning to look up and a chain of events have been lined up, which include meetings and few grand weddings.

He, however, felt that the business could have been a lot better but for the tough phase due to the Telangana agitation in the State, which had led to some last minute cancellations.

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