PM Narendra Modi reveals who started tradition of draping saree with 'ulta pallu'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared an anecdote about the introduction of women to the idea of draping the saree
| 25 Dec 2020 1:22 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared an anecdote about the introduction of women to the idea of draping the saree "pallu" over the left shoulder.
He said it was Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Rabindranath Tagore's elder brother Satyendranath, who came up with a sort of solution as draping the saree over the right shoulder hindered with chores.
Jnanadanandini, married to the country's first ICS officer and hailing from the top echelon of the Brahmo Samaj, had lived for sometime in Ahmedabad, where her husband was posted. Women in Tagore family were highly educated and much ahead of their times.