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Hello, do you know anything about "barawari" (12 yard) sarees in Maharashtra? Balgandharva, the theatre actor who did female roles, would wear them and Kangana Ranaut wears them in a recent movie "Manikarnika". I think I've seen them in old Marathi movies?

To be perfectly honest the history of the 9 + yard sarees is a black box to me.  It has its origins in the kaccha style but the many elaborate drapes and why they came about I have little information (not for want of trying!).  Though I suspect some of the drapes are influenced by gowns esp where a part of the saree is left to trail  - I am guessing these are the barawaris you mention?

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These are examples of the nine-yard sari as worn in Maharashtra.  The lower half is like the dhoti i.e. the cloth is taken between the legs and tucked into the back and the upper half is left loose unlike in the south. It seems to have been worn by almost all sections of society and everything suggests it was a more practical garment than the modern sari given Maratha and Deccan queens hunted and fought in the garment. 

On the other hand once the tucks and drapes are in place it is also a garment that looks elegant and beautiful - a fact much exploited in the paintings of the Ravi Varma school. 

In its truncated form, it is also a "sexy" sari and it appears in simple early 20th century illustrations as well as in Hindi cinema. 

A modern photograph that clearly shows how the sari is tucked in at the back.

Pic 1 is from Deccan Nursery Tales; Pics 2 is from a personal collection; Pic 3 from here. 

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Its been a little difficult for me to get the full facts on the evolution of the nine-yard saree style (as opposed to the modern six yard), also known as madisar or lugade or kashta or kaccha nivi.  The style requires a dhoti like drape below (hence a bit like divided rather loose trousers) and the upper end is draped like a sari with the loose end left as is or tucked into the waist as in Tamil Nadu (pics here). There are no foundation garments required bar a string to keep the sari anchored to the waist.

If we take Ghurye's word for it the fusing of the upper and lower garments in India is almost always due to foreign influences but I can't find another study on this either. The nine-yard style was common in the South and Deccan till at least a century back (one has to remember too that Thanjavur had Maratha kings so there are a lot of commonalities in clothing in these regions).

In Tamil Nadu it is almost always associated with Brahmin communities. I think Pic 1 and 3 are the Iyer style, Pic 2 Iyengar. 

If you want to see the style in Tamil movies, here is a link. 

Pic 1 is of MS Subbulakshmi (probably 1940s), Pic 2 is a early 20th century postcard and Pic 3 is a 1920s  MV Dhurandhar illustration.